>apt-get install dpkg-multicd > >(I think this should be in the dselect tutorial section of the debian install >manual but it isn't - I'll submit a bug report to install-doc unless someone >knows why I shouldn't) > >Then you will have access to the multicd method in dselect. There are >instructions for using it in the debian installation manual -> Advanced >Package Selection with dselect -> dselect tutorial: >http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/dselect-beginner > >You can also add multiple cd's to your sources with apt-cdrom. >Just put a cd in and type "apt-cdrom add", or "apt-cdrom -cdrom /mountpoint >add" if it can't find your cd. "man apt-cdrom" for more info. Then you >could use > apt-get remove packagename and > apt-get install packagename >to re-install packages.
I tried the first approach, running dselect and chosing multicd, after first installing dpkg-multicd. It was not at all clear what to do after that. http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/dselect-beginner implies that using multicd access is a bit tricky; that is correct. I never got it to work. So I changed the access method to apt--- previously I had assumed that that was only for downloads from a web site---and things proceeded much smoother. dselect would now query for the proper CD when it needed to install a selected package. Thanks, Joe Riel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]