Shaleh wrote: > > Paul mentioned this and I have been wondering -- what is the best > procedure to update from an ftp via dselect? How do I upgrade a package > I already have installed? I have only seen an add and a remove option. > Where is 'upgrade'? I am now a month old Debian user and I still am > impressed. Great job guys, keep it up.
If you get your net access working and choose the ftp access method and point it to ftp.debian.org or a nearby mirror, it will work mostly by itself. Dselect retrieves a list will recent packages information and compares that with the information it has on the packages on your system. If a package that is installed on your system has a version number lower than the version on the ftp archive, dselect will automatically try to download the package and install it. Unless you mark it "on hold". If you are going to use dselect's ftp mode, it is best to put every installed package on hold first, because otherwise you might risk starting a 30 h. ftp session. Joost -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .