Potato install - package suggestions?

[Alan DuBoff]

simonst@WellsFargo.COM wrote:

> I'm looking for any last-minute
> suggestions and/or changes to the list of packages:
> 
>        autoconf automake bin86 binutils bison cpp doc-base dpkg-multicd
>        file flex g++ gcc gettext gettext-base groff info kbd kbd-data
>        less libc5 libc6-dev libg++27 libg++272 libstdc++2.10-dev
>        libstdc++2.8 lilo make man-db manpages psmisc sysutils
> 
>        xbase-clients xlib6 xlib6g xlib6g-dev
> 
> Since I will be running X, why don't I need at least some of the packages
> mentioned in the hamm upgrade:
> 
>        xserver-common  xfree86-common  xf86setup  xprt  xfs   xfstt
> xfonts-scalable  xfonts-base  xfonts-75dpi  xfonts-100dpi

Rick's tips are good and I see he replied to you, but I use a different method
of installing Debian that *usually* (IOW, when it will install) works well,
that being to install the smallest system with networking on it, and apt-get
all the above packages over the net. I think apt-get is much safer and easier
to use than dselect. My motto, if you find yourself in dselect, go wack your
head against the wall...and wack it HARD!

One package I see you don't have above that you might consider is gcc272,
there are still some occasional apps that seem to require that older version
at times, although becoming more scarce...

Debian makes it a no brainer, because both versions co-exist nicely.

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Alan DuBoff
Software Orchestration, Inc.