On Mon, 06 Jan 1997 23:28:47 +0100 Dipl.-Ing. A.Tack ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> I have a problem with dselect on my system. I tried a fresh install of > 1.2 on my system an selected all packages I wanted. > > When finished I found that all packages in non-free did not get installed. > (for example xv or tkman) > > Any ideas why this happened and does there exist a workaround for > this other than using dpkg to install what I want?? This is probably because dselect runs the install in four passes, one for standard debian, one for contrib, one for non-free and one for local packages. If one of the stages fail (because a package isn't installed correctly), the subsequent passes aren't run. Check that all installed packages are correctly configured. Run (C)onfigure from dselect, or ``dpkg --pending --configure''. Fix the problem(s), then re-run (I)nstall. If the above fails (because of an unconfigurable broken package), try ``dpkg -iGROEB <path-to-the-non-free-directory>'' (typically /cdrom/non-free, after mounting the CD-ROM), like dselect would do. Phil. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
