Thanks Andrei! I'm an "aptitude" user most of the time, so I didn't
know about that feature of apt.
Is there a similar option for aptitude that I've overlooked?
Rick
On May 10, 2013, at 1:20 PM, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
On Lu, 06 mai 13, 19:57:54, Rick Thomas wrote:
If you want to be sure
On Lu, 06 mai 13, 19:57:54, Rick Thomas wrote:
>
> If you want to be sure you got all the recommended packages (including
> those that are contrib or non-free) you will have to do some command
> line work to list out all the recommended packages from those you
> already have installed, and seei
On Mon 06 May 2013 at 19:17:18 -0500, Default User wrote:
> I may not actually need any additional packages from contrib or non-free.
> But I hope I am not missing anything like proprietary hardware drivers, or
You will be prompted for non-free firmware needed by kernel modules
loaded during the
> On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 12:21 PM, Default User
> wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I did a fresh install of Debian 7.0.0 (Wheezy), using the
> debian-7.0.0-amd64-i386-netinst.iso.
>
> In the past , during the install process, it would ask if the user wanted to
> include the contrib and non-free repos
Thanks for the replies.
I may not actually need any additional packages from contrib or non-free.
But I hope I am not missing anything like proprietary hardware drivers, or
add-ins required to play proprietary media formats, for example.
I did try to install in expert text mode first, but when it
It's usually possible to have wheezy netinst image ask about nonfree
packages but a couple things need doing first. Either use expert as a
boot parameter or a ways down into install hit (<) followed by enter a
few times and get back out to the main menu where you'll have to key in
numbers to m
On Mon 06 May 2013 at 12:21:24 -0500, Default User wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I did a fresh install of Debian 7.0.0 (Wheezy), using the
> debian-7.0.0-amd64-i386-netinst.iso.
>
> In the past , during the install process, it would ask if the user wanted
> to include the contrib and non-free repositiorie
> What's missing? AFAIU, anything that is in main doesn't require anything
> from contrib or non-free -- if it did then it wouldn't be in main.
Mainly, non-free firmware binaries.
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On Mon, 6 May 2013 12:21:24 -0500
Default User wrote:
Hello Default,
>In the past , during the install process, it would ask if the user
>wanted to include the contrib and non-free repositiories. Not this
>time. The install went okay, but only included packages from the main
>repository.
I wa
On Mon, May 06, 2013 at 12:21:24PM -0500, Default User wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I did a fresh install of Debian 7.0.0 (Wheezy), using the
> debian-7.0.0-amd64-i386-netinst.iso.
>
> In the past , during the install process, it would ask if the user wanted
> to include the contrib and non-free repositio
Hello.
I did a fresh install of Debian 7.0.0 (Wheezy), using the
debian-7.0.0-amd64-i386-netinst.iso.
In the past , during the install process, it would ask if the user wanted to
include the contrib and non-free repositiories. Not this time. The install
went okay, but only included packa
it should be ok
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