>> which makes the user want to get out, and none of the keystrokes seem to work like a >> beginner (not someone who has read the docs and EXPERIENCED the experience) would >> expect. There's just a host of things that are difficult about deselect and apt.
AMEN! I just reformated the HD with Debian and am going to try again. All due to the dselect NOT installing what I want. I enter the path to the HD partition that has the entire Debian CD on it and it is mounted and it STILL refuses to load. I do highlight the package that I want and press the bloody "+" key and I go add the bloody dependent packages and it still flipping doesn't load Jack Squat much less Perl. I do not profess to be Linux guru with only 4 Linux installs on my home machines but am willing to match IQ points with any of you out there. There has to be a better way. >> There's a host of good about these products also; they're just not intuitive for the >> non-initiated. > What could be more intuitive? Something that works. Your statement highlights the reason that when I ask for directions on how to drive somewhere, I will NOT ask someone that has lived there all their life but a relative new person. The person that has been there for all of their life _ASS_U_ME_s that you know what they learned several years ago. More intuitive is relevant How intuitive is the IVP rate for Furosemide on a CHF/COPD pt b/n PRBC units or what lab value to watch before giving? Hint: it is a diuretic. And yes I have bought & read the f manual(ORA's cow book) & it still doesn't work as advertised. dselect's interface needs work, NOT the logic.