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can be used here to force the desired actions by dselect. If dselect still doesn't

agree, then the `Q' key will force acceptance of the configured actions.

In the case of Midnight Commander though, dselect makes the correct ad 

justments and adds libgpm1 to the list of packages for installation. Thus

simply press  enter  to exit the resolution screen. Press enter again to exit

the selection screen, or, if you are feeling really brave, look for more packages

you might like to install. dselect takes the time to work through the complete

list of available packages when doing the install, reporting which packages are

being skipped and which are already installed. It is a good idea to do package

selection once, so as not to have to wade through the list over and over during

each successive installation phase.

Several packages that are not found in the standard section, but might be

valuable are: joe and vim. Other packages of interest depend on the specific

needs of the system being configured and are left up to the person doing the

installation to decide.

3. [I]nstall

This option will use dpkg to install the packages chosen in the [S]elect section.

Often one package or another will fail to install because its dependent packages

have not yet been configured. This step should be run over again until all the

packages have installed.

4. [C]onfig

Use this option to configure any packages that were not configured in the

installation phase. It is often useful to select this option between each unsuc 

cessful intall attempt, as it will potentially configure packages needed by the

next install step, thus speeding up the overall install process.