Bruce writes: > Have you tried dselect's FTP method yet? It does that update > automaticaly. That's why I said it's easy.
>From the dslect "help" screen: > ftp - Install using ftp. > Installation using ftp, you must know a ftp site and the correct > directory for a debian distribution. But what is the correct directory? It doesn't seem to be documented anywhere, and it is not self-evident from looking at the ftp site. I have used it quite successfully, but I do not consider this evidence that it is adequately documented. Then there is this: > Note: this is not part of the standard dpkg package and is more likely to > produce errors due to differences between the Packages files that are > downloaded during the Update phase and what the archive actually contains > during the Install phase. Pretty likely to scare off a newbie. -- John Hasler This posting is in the public domain. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Do with it what you will. Dancing Horse Hill Make money from it if you can; I don't mind. Elmwood, Wisconsin Do not send email advertisements to this address. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .