On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 08:14:58AM -0500, Douglas Tutty wrote: > On Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 11:52:50PM -0600, Kent West wrote: > > Douglas Tutty wrote: > > > The biggest thing I've learned is to install things a bit at a time; > > > > I'd agree with that. > > > > > Lets say you choose aptitude, then you install that ... Then I install > > > mc followed by lynx. Then ... documentation packages ... [then] exim4, > > > mailx, mutt, and fetchmail.... The __last__ thing to install is X. > > > > > > > But I usually install X and Icewm early on (just after lynx and ssh and > > sudo); I likes me graphical environment, yeppers. Then I toss on the > > fluff, KDE, OO.o, FF, T-Bird, etc. > > > > The problem is that sometimes installing a package breaks X for some > reason. If you use a graphical app for package management, ensure that > you can use a command line app when X breaks.
I usually install X early, since if that breaks and makes the system so unusable that reinstallation is advised, I'd like to find out early. Of course I always do my package management in aptitude in the text console I get to with ctrl-alt-F1. -- hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
