It is possible to install the individual packages you want from non-free "by hand" with dpkg: dpkg -i some_package.deb. Then, you can run dselect to take care of dependency problems and configuration problems if any exist.
Luck. Syrus. ---------------------------------------------------------- Syrus Nemat-Nasser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> UCSD Physics Dept. On Thu, 7 Nov 1996, Thomas Degner wrote: > Hi , > > recently i installed a Debian-Linux from the Sep. 96 > Infomagic Dev. Resource on my computer at home. > > i also like to install the non-free packages, which are > NOT included on the CD. > > I got at least a part of the non-free package via ftp > at my office, transfered the files to my home > using a zip-drive and put them onto my hard drive. > > However, using 'deselect' i cannot use *different* > source media during *one* deselect session. I.e. > i cannot say look for 'buzz' on CD and for 'non-free' > on my hard drive /zip drive. > > ppp/ftp connection to my home computer is no alternative > for me ( low transmission rate, high phone bills). > > > any suggestions ? > > tom > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Thomas Degner, Dept. of Physics, Sec. Energy and Semiconductor Research > P.O. Box 2503, D-26111 Oldenburg > phone: ++49-441-798-3007 (fax:3326) email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
