On Sat 02 Apr 2016 at 13:46:09 -0400, Alan McConnell wrote: > Well, I finally got my Jessie installed! I had to pick a different kernel > than then one > suggested, but things finally went through. I was even able to use the > partitions I had > prepared and carefully sized.
Good, but this is information underload. Which kernel was suggested? Which one did you pick? Remember, it could help others than yourself. > My question: how do I install "new" SW? E.g. emacs, and mutt, and > ImageMagick? These > are not found on the one CD I have. I have in addition a thumb drive, which > came with > my purchase from LinuxCollections. I have mounted it and find that it is > chock full You have a DVD (not a CD). It would (or should) contain more than a netinst image. > of .deb files. I suppose there is some way of 'manually' copying a > particular .deb > to my disk and then installing it. But I am afraid of getting stuck in > "dependency > hell". Does someone here also have the same CD + thumb drive situation. The vendor has it. Have you thought of asking what it is they have sold you?
