Adrian Bridgett wrote: > Let's compare like with like. To install a program on windows you double > click it and then keep clicking on next. To install a program on Debian you > type "dpkg -i filename". Dselect is not the installer, it is the package > selection tool. It shows you a list of program which you have access to and > can install.
Adrian, Thanks for the clarification. That's nice to know the specific command for dpkg install. Does that also work out dependencies, or is that a function of dselect once a package has been selected from its list? Thanks, Dave -- --David E. Scott Ohio Administrative Services [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .