On Tue 26 Jul 2016 at 14:24:15 -0700, Alan E. Davis wrote: > I need to install the broadcom-wl wireless adaptor drivers. I have no
This was the first thing that struck me - there is no broadcom-wl package. > connection to the internet on this new installation. So it's either this This was the second thing. What did you do to install Debian? > or tethering the iphone to get this package installed. > > Both of these pathways require a plethora of steps to install various > dependencies for dependencies. I was a debian user in the early 90s, and > remember alarm at the penchant of devels to split everything into packages; > now I can remembery why.... > > Anyway, I need build-depends. Make, of all things, is one of the most > difficult things to install. The third thing is that you appear to be going off on a tangent. > I have installed stretch. Up to this point, it's a fantastic process of > installation. As of now, several problems have kept me back. > > 1. I used a usb of HD medium, so many packages are on this usb drive, but > it's beyond me how to get apt-get to recognize the USB drive as a rep, and > go ahead and complete the update. Probably I need a list of packages. Is "usb of HD medium" some indication of how you installed? Please explain. > 2. I cannot find make on this USB drive in pool. > > 3. I cannot find patch on this USB drive. What is on the drive? How did it get there?
