Hello again! Thanks for the reply. The reason I asked about a list of packages is because I'm pretty new to Debian, and to Linux, and I simply didn't want to download&install packages that I don't need. The list devided into required, followed by important, and then by standard etc. might provide the answer . When one installs a new system, dselect (ftp) proposes him to download a range of packs in these categories, and it's a good idea. I hope your script will provide the answer. Attach it, will you? A newbie question: How to run the/a script, just to type the name at script's path? Thanks again. King Lee wrote:
> On Sun, 28 Jun 1998, Alexander Gutfraind wrote: > > > Maybe anybody can point me to the list of packages in these ranges(base, > > important, standard...)? > > Sasha. > > Zoong wrote: > > > > > Hi everyone, > > > I want to download only files that are needed for the first default > > > installation by Dselect of Official Beta hamm CD. > > > But where can I find the list, which site has it ? > > > Please help. > > > > > > TIA, > > > Zoong > > I missed the beginning of this tread, but my 2 cents: > > The Debian Cdrom I have comes with a file with a list of packages. > It is called packages or Packages. The file contains a longish > description of each package, including priority, type (editor, shell, > x11, etc). I copied this package to hard disk, and wrote a perl > script that would print on each line the name, the priority, > the type, and length. I then could sort on each field to produce > files sorted by name, priority, etc. > > I wrote lots of other scripts too. If anyone is interested, email me. > > I prefer to install packages with scripts rather than on the fly with > a GUI application. > > King Lee -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null