----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian" <a...@cityscape.co.uk>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Sent: Saturday, April 2, 2016 3:17:09 PM
Subject: Re: Modified Rapture<g>, and a new question
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.
It wasn't the one with the .pae. IIRC there were a couple. Of
course I
didn't copy down the names of all the choices!
> 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.
Well, it doesn't contain emacs or tex or mutt, or ImageMagick. Why
are you
telling me what it 'should' have?
> 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?
I suppose I should have bought the 8 or 10 or 15 DVDs. As I have
already
said: I bought the DVD+thumb drive from LinuxCollections, since it was
a) cheaper, and b) less bulky, and c) represented, I hoped a new
technology. Thumb drives can contain a lot more on them than a DVD
can.
I hope for further responses from people who have _answers_, although I'll try
to
respond to questions of significance. To repeat: I want to know how to install
SW that I need from off the thumb drive(aka USB stick)
Alan
