... some more details: dselect -> Config reports:
>dpkg --configure returned error exit status 1 >Press RETURN to continue preceded by a list of >dependency problems - leaving unconfigured apt-get -f install reports: >The following extra packages will be installed: > slang1 libncurses4 libstdc++2.9 login passwd libreadlineg2 >The following packages will be REMOVED: > base-files adduser >The following NEW packages will be installed: > (same list as for the extra packages) >WARNING: The following essential packages will be removed >This should NOT be done ... > base-files Why is that?