On Thu, 27 Feb 1997, Bob Clark wrote: > Scott, > > The message "Nothing to get" simply means that dselect found the package > already on your system. Go ahead and install and it should work. Then > you'll be give the option to delete the package file. > > --Bob
Oddly enough, I have never looked at lprng before, so there is no way it found it on my system. When I complete the install process, it still says I want to install it, but that it isn't installed. It is almost as if dselect does not recognize that I want to install the package, so it does not hunt for it on the FTP site. Scott > > Scott Stanley wrote: > > > > I was just trying to download and install the lprng package from stable > > using dselect 1.4.0.7 with the ftp Access method. Basically, I went into > > Select, and selected the package lprng (I got the dependencies window > > saying lprng recommended magicfilter, but I did not select magicfilter). > > > > The select menu item for lprng looks like; > > > > _* Opt net lprng <none> 2.4.2-1 lpr/lpd printer spooling > > > > When I exit (pressing Enter) and Install, I get > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > Processing status file... > > > > Processing Package files... > > stable... > > contrib... > > non-free... > > > > Constructing list of files to get... > > > > Approximate total space required: 0k > > Available space in ../../../../../dosc/Debian/1.2: 235632k > > Nothing to get. > > Processing downloaded files...(for corrupt/old/partial) > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > Nothing to get??? If I go back into the Select option after this aborted > > attempt, it still says I want to install lprng, just like is shown > > above. Seems like I must be doing something silly, I just can't figure > > out what.... > > > > Any help is appreciated. > > > > Scott >
