Re: dselect questions

2000-09-18 Thread David Z. Maze
Cantoni, Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: MC> 1) Should overwrite the source list with a new list when selecting MC> (A)ccess? You probably never need to re-run the (A)ccess command from dselect. For APT, it tends to be significantly easier to manually edit /etc/apt/sources.list anyways. MC> 2)

RE: dselect questions

2000-09-18 Thread somogyi lóránd
you should use apt-get: apt-get install xemacs and, apt-get install netscape or it's maybe: apt-get install communicator good luck. p.s.:if you didn't scan the cd's already, do it with apt-cdrom. > I am attempting to install Debian 2.2 on my Compaq laptop. I installed > the following tasks: C+

Re: dselect questions, suggestion..

1998-07-26 Thread Alexander
Hi... Your first suggestion? You mean like having the file sizes in the Packages file you download for the package listings? Yeah, that'd be nice. ;) Your second suggestion's already implemented in dselect. Press Shift-R if you select a package that has lots of dependency/conflict problems that y

Re: dselect questions, suggestion..

1998-07-21 Thread David Z. Maze
Gregory Guthrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: GG> When running dselect (updating bo --> hamm), I get some items with GG> a status of GG>installed_version available_version GG>--- xxx xxx GG> GG> Why is there an installed version indicated, when it shows

Re: Dselect-questions

1998-07-01 Thread Andy Spiegl
According to Wolfgang Gernot Bauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I normally do FTP-updates/installs but sometimes I download *.deb-files > and install them from "mounted-dir". I change access-method from ftp to > "mounted" and update the list. Installing works well but in the > "select"-list all packages