Beverley Eyre wrote: > Hey. I'm new to debian and am totally baffled by the package program. > I got this addy from the debian webpage. > > Is this is regular mail-list? How can I join? Can anyone out there lend > a hand? > ---end quoted text---
Hi Beverly, Second question first. Yes, this is a (very active) mail-list. To subscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject line "subscribe". You will receive a confirmation email, and can just follow the instructions. First question. That's not really a question.. I assume you're referring to dselect, and it /can/ be quite daunting. If you can specify exactly what your particular problem is, I may be able to help. Dselect is not exactly intuitive, but pressing ? will give you a terse help menu. Dselect is well worth the effort to learn, as it is the most powerful package manager available for any Linux distro (IMHO). -- Regards, Steve
