Re: Package Help Please
Hello Stephen, I am trying to install packages from a floppy/s using dselect but keep getting the messages: /var/lib/dpkg/methods/mount/packages/ does not exist can any give me some advice on this? In the dselect main menu, choose 0. Access and select the floppy method. Then you'll need to 1. Update to get the Packages file off the floppy. In general, you need to choose the options in the main menu of dselect in numerical order from the top... this isn't obvious from the interface. or just general advice on installation (x window etc) When you get to selecting packages, the Enter key confirms the whole list and exits (yes, press the Enter key to Exit). To select the package you have the cursor on, you need to press the + key. The other useful key to know: when you press + on something and it pops up with suggestions you don't like, press R (upper-case) to get it back to the way it was before you pressed the +. Then you can either make different selections, or just press Enter to confirm and return to the main list. HTH Jiri [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Package Help Please
Austanners Wet Blue Pty Ltd wrote: I am trying to install packages from a floppy/s using dselect but keep getting the messages: /var/lib/dpkg/methods/mount/packages/ does not exist can any give me some advice on this? or just general advice on installation (x window etc) regards Stephen Lavelle dselect is meant to help install/manage an entire distribution, so it expects to find a 'Packages.gz' file where you point it to. This file contains all the package info of the distribution. If you have the individual 'filename.deb' file, use dpkg to install the deb package: dpkg -i filename.deb -- Ed C.
Package Help Please
I am trying to install packages from a floppy/s using dselect but keep getting the messages: /var/lib/dpkg/methods/mount/packages/ does not exist can any give me some advice on this? or just general advice on installation (x window etc) regards Stephen Lavelle Austanners Wet Blue Pty Ltd.110 Heales Road,Lara, Geelong, Australia3212Tel:++(03)52742232Fax:++(03)52742350mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
