On Tue, Nov 27, 2001 at 11:51:49PM +0000, Pollywog wrote: > On 2001.11.27 22:04 jennyw wrote: > > 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). > > 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? > > Are you installing manually? > Do you have the "apt" package installed? > > I use apt-get and I don't have the difficulties you describe, though I > would have them if I used dselect or installed manually.
Why would using dselect cause problems like that? If anything, it tends to create a more functional system, since it installs recommended packages and tells you about suggested packages, neither of which apt-get does. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
