On Thu, 28 Jan 1999, Rafael Kitover wrote: > On Thu, Jan 28, 1999 at 10:37:31PM -0600, Kent West wrote: > > I've got 200+ MB of files selected in dselect for > > download/installation, and I'm using the apt method. dselect > > tells me that my /var/[something] doesn't have enough space free > > and aborts. IIRC, the ftp method in such a situation allowed you > > to do a selective install at that point; am I missing something > > or is the apt method missing this feature? > > It sure is. Also, you might have some stuff cached and taking up disk > space, run apt-get clean. Also check out the "cruft" package. > > Wow, seems like a major oversight. Even though I'm not a programmer (yet :-) ) and therefore can't fix it myself, it's nice to know that any programmer COULD take it upon himself to fix it, unlike that commercial software.
So, is there a text file somewhere that dselect uses as a reference that I could edit to temporarily pare down the selections rather than go into dselect/Select and really mess things up? Thanks. -- Kent West [EMAIL PROTECTED] KC5ENO - Amateur Radio: When all else fails. Linux - Finally! A real OS for the Intel PC! "Life is an ongoing classroom." - Capt. James T. Kirk, "Dreadnought"
