Re: Easy ways of configuring Debian
On Tue, 18 Feb 1997, Daniel Robbins wrote: On Fri, 14 Feb 1997, Alexander Gieg wrote: I think this is a great idea. LinuxConf makes the configuration far easy for beginners. Let's think about this... I am a Linux beginner, and I find dselect confusing. If this will make dselect less confusing, then it's a *great* idea! I'll check out their web page to see what it's all about. The base Debian install (from disks) was great, but it's going to take a while before I am comfortable with dselect. This wont effect dselect, and right now I would say not to use it b/c it will wreck the future upgradability of your Debian system. I am working on a RFC for debian-devel to put in support for linuxconf or any future admin tool that comes around. Shaya -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Easy ways of configuring Debian
On Tue, 18 Feb 1997, Shaya Potter wrote: On Tue, 18 Feb 1997, Daniel Robbins wrote: On Fri, 14 Feb 1997, Alexander Gieg wrote: I think this is a great idea. LinuxConf makes the configuration far easy for beginners. Let's think about this... I am a Linux beginner, and I find dselect confusing. If this will make dselect less confusing, then it's a *great* idea! I'll check out their web page to see what it's all about. The base Debian install (from disks) was great, but it's going to take a while before I am comfortable with dselect. This wont effect dselect, and right now I would say not to use it b/c it will wreck the future upgradability of your Debian system. I am working on a RFC for debian-devel to put in support for linuxconf or any future admin tool that comes around. What do I use instead of dselect to install software? I have all these .deb packages on my vfat partition that need installing. Thanks for the info... -=- Daniel Robbins School of Medicine Computer Services University of New Mexico [email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Easy ways of configuring Debian
You can use dpkg by itself. dpkg -i package_name. Read the help page for dpkg, it is not that difficult once you get used to it. Shaya On Tue, 18 Feb 1997, Daniel Robbins wrote: On Tue, 18 Feb 1997, Shaya Potter wrote: On Tue, 18 Feb 1997, Daniel Robbins wrote: On Fri, 14 Feb 1997, Alexander Gieg wrote: I think this is a great idea. LinuxConf makes the configuration far easy for beginners. Let's think about this... I am a Linux beginner, and I find dselect confusing. If this will make dselect less confusing, then it's a *great* idea! I'll check out their web page to see what it's all about. The base Debian install (from disks) was great, but it's going to take a while before I am comfortable with dselect. This wont effect dselect, and right now I would say not to use it b/c it will wreck the future upgradability of your Debian system. I am working on a RFC for debian-devel to put in support for linuxconf or any future admin tool that comes around. What do I use instead of dselect to install software? I have all these .deb packages on my vfat partition that need installing. Thanks for the info... -=- Daniel Robbins School of Medicine Computer Services University of New Mexico [email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Easy ways of configuring Debian
On Tue, 18 Feb 1997, Daniel Robbins wrote: What do I use instead of dselect to install software? I have all these .deb packages on my vfat partition that need installing. Thanks for the info... dpkg -i /path-to-packagefile/package_version.deb Luck, Dwarf -- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee, FL 32308 If you don't see what you want, just ask -- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Easy ways of configuring Debian
On Fri, 14 Feb 1997, Alexander Gieg wrote: I think this is a great idea. LinuxConf makes the configuration far easy for beginners. Let's think about this... I am a Linux beginner, and I find dselect confusing. If this will make dselect less confusing, then it's a *great* idea! I'll check out their web page to see what it's all about. The base Debian install (from disks) was great, but it's going to take a while before I am comfortable with dselect. -=- Daniel Robbins School of Medicine Computer Services University of New Mexico [email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
