Pablo Manalastas wrote:
Sacha Chua was in my SysAdmin class today. She gave a demo on how to install Debian from the binary CDs. While she was in class giving the demo, everything looked easy. After all, her magnetic personality and depth of knowledge of Debian is fantastic. When she left the room and left us all to ourselves, we could not figure out how the keys work in dselect and in aptitude. Why can't these programs use intuitive keys that are easy to remember? For a beginner installing Debian for the first time, you will get lost in the complexity of the menu system of dselect and aptitude. Can anyone give a short summary of the menu system?
P~Manalastas
dselect = [EMAIL PROTECTED] select?
selecting packages:
- shell> dselect
- select [S]elect on menu.
- press spacebar if you want to go the pkg list from here or
press "." if you want to view the commands list from herewhile viewing the package list:
- press "/ " if you want to search for a specific package.
- press "v" to sort the package
- highlight the package name & press "+" or "-" if you want it to be installed/uninstalled
*then a "nag" screen will be displayed, just press the spacebar.
*then you will be directed to a list of req'd / suggested dependencies,
again highlight the package name & press "+" or "-" if you want it to be installed/uninstalled.
*press "Q" (capital) if you want to go back to the main pkg list.
- press "Q" (capital) to save & exit from the main pkg list to the main menu
- press "X" (capital) to abandon changes & exit to the main menu
Then from here, you can now select [I]nstall, [C]onfig , or [R]emove bfrom the menu.
HTH
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