On Wed, Jan 31, 2001 at 10:14:00PM -0600, ktb wrote: > On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 02:03:15AM -0200, hzi wrote: > > Good people of the community- > > > > Why on God' s green earth didn't developers ever think of end users > > when they made dselect? > > I simply can't understand why it doesn't accept a simple path (e.g., > > /cdrom/debian/potato) to some files I burned on a CD! Is there any easy > > way? Any documentation? > > It seems irrational that developers didn't make it accept a simple path > > to files...I can't install a browser in Debian, so here I am, using > > Windows... > > Somebody help!! > > > > Use "apt-get" see the man page for "apt-get" and "sources.list"
try 'apt-setup' (if you don't have it, try 'apt-get install base-config') and 'apt-cdrom'... but even on 'dselect' you can specify your sources, including cd and ftp/http... > After you set up /etc/apt/sources.list just - > # apt-get install netscape-smotif-476 > > or whatever version you want that is one the server your pointing to. > Conversely you should be able to point it to your cd if you don't have a > fast connection. See "man apt-cdrom" -- See, if you were allowed to keep the money, you wouldn't create jobs with it. You'd throw it in the bushes or something. But the government will spend it, thereby creating jobs. -- Dave Barry [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** http://www.dontUthink.com/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/newbieDoc -- next week's newbie needs your brain: document your experience today!