On Tue, Feb 26, 2002 at 02:53:51AM -0600, Keith Parkansky wrote: > Not new to Linux (but no expert either) > but new to Debian and am having big > problems with the install of 2.2r5 using > CDs. Everything is fine if I don't install > Gnome/X, but if I select the Gnome and X > selections in the task list the install > ends up in an endless loop of '111' errors > that is impossible to break out of.
I would install without X and Gnome. Then try to install X but not Gnome, using the task list. (I think it was called tasksel). If that doesn't work, try the dselect program, and install the relevant X-windows packages. If dselect does not help, try apt-get install xfree86-common xserver-s3 twm xfonts-75dpi I think that those packages will depend on everything else you need to run X on a standalone workstation. The last resort, though you should not need to use it, is use dpkg -i [package-name]. But that by-passes most of the convenience that Debians package-managing system is designed to give you. (I used it when I first installed Debian in 1999 and had a bad connection to the internet). To summarize the install methods ranked by user-friendliness: tasksel dselect apt-get dpkg Good luck! Hans Ekbrand
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