On Sat, 2003-06-28 at 22:56, Iain Buchanan wrote: > Hi all, > I'm having some trouble getting tasksel to install packages past the > base system. I'm not new to linux, (bsd, redhat) but I'm new to > debian. I'm assuming the problem is not with taskel itself, but rather > with some dependencies or broken packages, but I don't know quite how to > interpret the error messages. > > I get a heap of > Depends: <package> but it is not going to be installed > and then finally > E: Sorry, broken packages > for anything I try through tasksel. > > I'm using 3.0r1 on and athlon XP 2000+ with pretty standard hw. I've > got to the shell, and got the network going, but I can't get a gui!
Tell me if I read this right, or what's different: You're installing Debian from scratch, no pre-existing files. You've completed the initial install, and can boot to, and log in to a console. You're trying to run tasksel under those conditions? Did you try to use tasksel to install X Windows during the initial install (the first time tasksel was presented)? Did you also select "Desktop" from tasksel? Have you run any install program besides tasksel (apt-get, or aptitude)? What does your /etc/apt/sources.list file contain? Cheers, Bret -- bwaldow at alum.mit.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
