On Sat, Dec 29, 2001 at 10:44:54PM +0100, Martin Wackenhut wrote: | Hi folks, | | after setting up LFS I am switching back to a distribution. | In comparison to SuSE I miss some configuration tool like Yast. | Could not find any hint in the docs about that. | I know about dselect and apt. | | So is there anything like Yast around in Debian? | Short answer is sufficient.
$EDITOR <grin> Debian puts the job of configuring the system in your hands. It organizes the config files so that they are as easy as possible for a human to locate and work with them. For some packages some configuration is done with 'debconf' (you access it via "dpkg-reconfigure <pkgname>"). -D -- "...the word HACK is used as a verb to indicate a massive amount of nerd-like effort." -Harley Hahn, A Student's Guide to Unix
