Karren, I'm going to respond to a cople of questions. Why is there all this software but you can't install it all at once? Most Debian users install software to try it out and remove it if they don't like it. There are actual several category mechanisms for examining Debian software. They tend to be GUI or curses interfaces (curses is a windowed terminal mode interface) because it's valuable to organize things in tables for presenting information and because most Debian users find these GUIs and curses interfaces present the information in an easier-to-use manner. The aptitude command will open up a curses interface that allows you to explore the available packages including by various categories and select packages for installation. The synaptic package manager is a GUI version of much the same information. While I could have constructed the sed command to pull out section information from the package lists, and while that will work, I'd never choose to approach the information that way. _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list