Incoming from J. Hannemann: > > > I find the debian tool dselect is too hard for me, > > a debian newbie, :) . > > Is there any other tool that can do such the > > things that dselect can > > do. If there is graphic tool, that would be better. > > You can bypass dselect and use apt to install anything > you want. Make sure you choose "desktop environment" > so you get X (graphical environment). > > There is a GUI frontend for apt--synaptic.
There's also aptitude. Others who know far more about it than me recommend aptitude over the alternatives. apt-get update apt-get install aptitude aptitude update aptitude upgrade aptitude search something aptitude install blah -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*) http://www.spots.ab.ca/~keeling Please don't Cc: me. - - -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
