> On Dec 22, 2004, at 1:56 PM, vinai wrote: > > > By "basic install" - does that include running Tasksel?
I don't remember - it's been a really long time since I last had to do a basic installation. People can correct me if I'm wrong, but I think you can do a very minimal install (of the "Base System") without having to go through Tasksel or selecting packages. > can you point me to a HowTo that tells how to do this? Take a look in /etc/apt. I'm not at my Debian machine anymore, and won't be till next week, but there should be a file in there called sources.list. Edit this file and change instances of "stable" in that file to "testing" After this, you should run "apt-get update" so that your packing list and dependencies are for "testing" and then "apt-get upgrade" to actually upgrade the software packages. Then, you will be able to "apt-get install ...." packages you want. cheers vinai PS: I'm subscribed to the list, so no need to also 'cc' me on the notes.
