On Mon, Apr 17, 2000 at 12:42:12AM -0300, Jeronimo Pellegrini wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I recently installed the Hurd (and I had no problems! :), but I see
> that only part of the packages is listed in the installation
> script...
Yes. After those are configured, installing packages natively has many
advantages over the dirty cross-install stuff (main advantage is that
preinst scripts are run).
> So I have a few questions:
>
> 1) As far as I know, I can't use ppp with the hurd yet. So, What would
> be the best way to install the other packages? Downloading it to a
> local debian mirror in my hard disk (using linux), and then
> installing them from there (using the hurd)?
Yes, most likely the easiest thing. If you have two machine, you can use one
as a gateway to the Hurd in your local network.
> 2) To install XFree86, do I only have to get the x-* packages in the
> unstable/main/binary-hurd-i386/X11 directory at some Debian ftp
> mirror and install them?
Unfortunately, no. There are no X packages in the archive. Get libraries and
clients from
ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/hurd/debian
The servers are not packaged at all yet, and it is not straightforward to
install them.
Thanks,
Marcus
