maybe I don't understand how the installer works. I thought the everything option would appear either at the top or bottom of the list? I take it it doesn't. b. When I selected a group, a legend at the bottom of the screen said '0 bytes' or something similar. I took it to mean that when I clicked on a group, it was merely opening something like a treeview, and I could then select was I wanted. Because it said 0 bytes were selected, I assumed nothing was selected by default. Would my best plan of attack be to hit space on a group, then use numpad 9 to navigate the choices, and and the insert period key to see what's highlighted by default Sorry to ask so many questions. also, do you know what name g++ goes under. I did up2date gcc and it installed it but g++ isn't appearently part of the package. Thanks for all your help. -----Original Message----- From: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com [mailto:blinux-list-admin@redhat.com]On Behalf Of Janina Sajka Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 10:33 AM To: blinux-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: redhat installation help If you want everything, why not just select the "everything" option? Otherwise, things are as you describe them, but using the graphical installer won't fix anything for you. You have as much ability to go back and forth as the graphical interface provides. I would trust the installer's selection of specific packages in a group unless you specifically know that you want a particular program that it has not selected. Lynx may be one such, depending on what you select. In most cases, it's right. How do you know? Well, again, that's experience. Nobody gets it right the first time. Or the last time. We just get better and better over time. Your first message mentioned you didn't haave the compiler or emacspeak. If you select everything, I believe you'll get those. Yes, it takes time to go through that list, which is why most folks don't do it. michael malver writes: > From: "michael malver" <mmalver@visi.com> > > I select upgrade, and it lets me select pacages, but it seems I have to > first select the group, then select the indevidual package. Is there a way > to either > a: select the whole group > b. Select all app like you can in the initial install. > I want, for example, to install all devellopment tools, and all internet > tools. At the moment, I know I'm missing a newsreader, and don't have g++. > Sorry to keep bugging you. > I'm tempted to wait for a sighted person and have them help me run the > x-windows application configuration tool. It sounds more functional, if > infinately less accessible. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com > [mailto:blinux-list-admin@redhat.com]On Behalf Of Janina Sajka > Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 9:22 AM > To: blinux-list@redhat.com > Subject: Re: redhat installation help > > > Just do the install again. There's an option to upgrade your current > installation. That will give you the opportunity to add things in a sane > manner. You won't need to repartition. > > Did you have Speakup during the installation? You should. Use its screen > review features as you work through the installation. There's a bug in > the newt libraries which sometimes causes speech to be one item ahead of > the actual item selected, a sure sopurce of confusion at best. If you're > uncertain, Insert+period on the numeric keypad will give you color > attributes, such as "white on black." You can, if necessary, use this to > determine where your highlight actually is. > > I know this is cumbersome. We've filed a bug report on newt, and we hope > it will be resolved in the next Red Hat release, but it hasn't been > resolved yet. > > michael malver writes: > > From: "michael malver" <mmalver@visi.com> > > > > I downloaded and installed redhat 8 from the speakup website. > > I have connectivity to the net, and up2date works. > > I thought, when I installed, that I had selected 'all applications' but I > > noticed gcc, and emacs (among others) were missing. > > I know I can type > > up2date <appname> > > and that app will be installed. > > Is there a way to make up2date install every linux app it knows about? I > > have a 20-gig /usr/local partician, so space shouldn't be an issue. I > don't > > want to have to guess at what apps I have, or don't. > > if I can't do it with up2date, can I add the speakup boot loader options > to > > a kickstart bootdisk so that I can try installing again? > > What would happen if I went to the rpm directory in each of the three cds > in > > order and typed > > rpm -u * > > > > any help would be appriciated. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > -- > > Janina Sajka, Director > Technology Research and Development > Governmental Relations Group > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list