On Mon, 5 Aug 1996 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello > > I'm a new user of the Linux-system especially Debian-Linux. I recieved a CD > from you from July. > I've got a problem if a want to install other programs on my system: > I already installed the base-system and that's all. Now I want to install > X11, but if I start 'dselect` and say, that I want to install from CD the > program doesn't find a path on CD. The program want to know the top level of > the Debian system. If I enter a path (for example: /contrib), the program > says that the directory `/contrib/stable/binary-i386' doesn't exists. So I > look on the CD and there's no directory called `.../stable/...'. What have I > done wrong or what's wrong with the program/CD? > Is there another way to install other programs (like the (Win-)DOS-emulator > or editors...)
You need to specify the path as: /YourCDMountPoint/contrib for the contrib sections. You might also want the updates directory: /YourCDMountPoint/updates Luck, Dwarf ------------ -------------- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 877-0257 Flexible Software Fax: NONE Black Creek Critters e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------ If you don't see what you want, just ask --------------