Ricardo Kleemann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I grabbed and installed dpkg-ftp. But I see no mention of any ftp usage > when I run dpkg --help. Is there supposed to be a separate binary called > dpkg-ftp? Because I can't find any... > > I'm trying to download the latest Debian distribution via FTP, but I've > had problems both with ncftp and with dftp. I was hoping dpkg-ftp would > be a better solution... > > Another suggestion was to mirror debian. How much space is required to > mirror? Can a mirror be partial? > > Lastly, once I've gotten all that's required from FTP, is dselect a good > method to use for performing the install?
dpkg-ftp provides a new 'method' to dselect. After installing dpkg-ftp run dselect and when you choose the Access function it will prompt for a method .... select ftp, it will then prompt for ftp site/dir etc. After that run Update, Select, Install etc. Andy.