Adding stuff to Debian.

[evulish]

Ok, I finished installing Debian a little while ago but I missed something in the installation (I think). How do I get back in to add packages or whatever to my installation?

[Droo]

I'd start with tasksel.

[Radar]

As root: type: dselect

or Apt-get install <packagename>

[Dagda]

Originally posted by Droo:
<STRONG>I'd start with tasksel.</STRONG>

Whats taskel do? I saw it when I installed woody.

[Droo]

tasksel is basically the checklist of package groups you can install.

It lists the various Debian task packages which provide the convenience of installing a whole bunch of related packages (X, Gnome, etc.) w/o you having to install those packages individually and worry about dependencies, etc.

tasksel is less useful over time as you install more stuff, but since I was assuming that he had just installed Debian, I figured there were still some major packages he wanted to install.

One thing I forgot to mention is that tasksel/task packages will also run any configuration scripts which is very useful too.

[ 05 July 2001: Message edited by: Droo ]

[ 05 July 2001: Message edited by: Droo ]