Martin Fluch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >does anybody know, which packages I need to install in order to get the >slang frontend of debconf running under woody. Till now I get only the >following output: > >[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/mfluch> dpkg-reconfigure debconf >debconf: failed to initialize frontend: Slang >debconf: falling back to frontend: Dialog > >dpkg -l "*slang*" shows, that I have installed the following packages: > >ii slang1 1.3.9-1 The S-Lang programming library - runtime ver >ii slang1-dev 1.3.9-1 The S-Lang programming library, development
I had the same problem until your post prompted me to investigate it (thanks!). You need libterm-stool-perl, which is in debconf's Recommends: field; like me, you must have missed out on it being installed at some point, perhaps by installing debconf with apt-get ... -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]