Thanks! I didn't know about tasksel. If more stuff turns up missing I'll try that out and see how it works for reinstalling the whole lot. Thanks too for the suggestion to reinstall xfonts-base ... that did clear up the problem (I think; at least things look different now).
As for getting a list of packages ... I kind of meant finding out what tasksel installs when you select, say, "X Window System (complete)". Thanks! Jen ----- Original Message ----- From: "DvB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "jennyw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 3:00 PM Subject: Re: Finding missing packages > "jennyw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I've recenlty posted some upgrade woes (Potato to Woody) ... I've noticed > > that I have quite a few packages missing that I expected to be present. I > > seem to have limited fonts in X for one thing (no sans serif, for example). > > > make sure you haven't run into the recent bug with fonts.alias files > going missing all of a sudden (happened for misc fonts for me a couple > other people recently). > To fix this, run apt-get --reinstall install xfonts-base > then restart X, if running. > > > > > The Gnome Control Panel was missing. A few other things, too ... > > > > Is there a way to grab all this stuff at once? Like install everything for > > Gnome and X that the initial installer would install without blowing away > > the existing config? > > > > > try running tasksel, there're X and Gnome tasks under "junk" > > > > > > Also, I'm a bit unfamiliar with all the packages ... there might be more > > missing than just X related stuff. I know the Debian installer installs a > > lot of stuff without mentioning specific package names (it might in the > > advanced mode which I haven't used) ... is there a way to get a list of > > packages the installer installs by default? And also the packages that > > correlate with the general names it uses? > > > > if you run apt-get with the -u option, it should give you a list of > packages that it's about to upgrade and prompts you whether or not to > proceed. I don't know how to do this automatically, I usually just add > the -u by hand... I suppose you could set up an alias in your shell > profile. Read the man pages for dpkg, apt-get and apt-cache for more > useful ways to see package info (you might also want to visit > http://packages.debian.org). > > > HTH > > > >
