On Thu, Jan 07, 1999 at 09:32:41PM +0900, David Wayne Williams wrote: > I've tried to use dselect to update my Debian distribution via FTP. > However, the dselect access menu items does not contain an FTP option. How > can I fix dselect or use other means to update my debian distribution? > > Thank you in advance I usually using apt-get to updating and upgrading my system. If You using hamm (debian 2.0) You must get the apt from there section admin ( if I remember correctly) before You can use apt-get, if You have slink(debian 2.1) get the apt from slink/admin than You can do: 1. apt-get -s update ; apt-get -s dist-upgrade to see what will apt do if You Upgrade Your system completly no matter no real work done, if You find it will work ok just delete the -s and try apt-get update ; apt-get dist-upgrade packages upgrading/installation is similar: apt-get -s update <package> ; apt-get -s install <package> apt-get update <package> ; apt-get install <package> Note: You have eventually change the entries in: '/etc/apt/sources.list' to Your needs. If using apt to upgrade hamm to slink after the dist-upgrade run You must: install the packages: xterm and xmodmap and also the xfont-upgrades You need, this is not done automatically via apt-get, because the X-Package was splitting in several parts and apt can't know this nor can't get "see" this in Your package-list. After that the system still runs fine,
cYa -- Peter