1)just do: dpkg -i packagename don't forget also "man dpkg". 2)remove "xdm" from /etc/rc2.d and /etc/rc6.d
On Tue, 1 Jun 1999, pfau wrote: > hello, folks > > as I´m a debian newbie (coming from suse), may be the following > questions are stupid, but I got stuck with them. > > 1) Is there a way to install a deb-package which is not included in the > standard distribution. > If I try to install a package that I downloaded from Internet, dselect > always asks me on some package.cd files to recognize the packages as > part of the distribution, which of course I cannot give, and so dselect > does not do the job; and alien does only work correct with small > packages (deb -> rpm -> install) without broken dependencies > > 2) where is the information stored, that debian starts with graphical > login? I want to finish boot process at the prompt, but debian always > starts his graphical login utility. Can this behaviour only be changed > by deinstalling the utility? > > thanks in advance > Roger > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
