Chris, When you choose option number 2 in dselect, press the space bar to clear the help screen and then press the slash key (/). This will put you in a search mode. Just type in the name of the package you wish to install at the Search for ? prompt.
At 11:01 AM 3/31/99 -0500, you wrote: >Hello again and thanks for all the help this debian-newbie is getting! > >I've done several (custom) installs of slink using dselect, and each >time I waste a bunch of time searching for certain packages I >want.... for instance ntp, sendmail, snmp, pine, joe > >I am getting a little more familiar with the organization of the >packages but it seems I must be doing it the difficult way, manually >searching through the entire list! > >I know about the re-order list options, but there must be a way to >search the package list for a keyword, package name or catagory, >how do I do this? > >Second, once I have a "favorite" base system, can I integrate that >into the dselect program for future installs? > >TIA, >Chris > > > > ********************************************************************* > Chris Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] !!! HELP FIGHT SPAM !!! > > Join; www.cauce.org See; spam.abuse.net, spamsucks.com, www.cm.org > **************************************************************** > > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > Kevin Lee Vulcan Industries (205) 640-2433 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.vulcanind.com
