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From: DJ Cozatt <user99@×××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] GUI installer
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 13:21:51
Message-Id: 20030415092631.6a8fe185.user99@bellsouth.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] GUI installer by Alec Berryman
1 On 13 Apr 2003 18:13:23 -0500
2 Alec Berryman <alec@×××××××××.org> wrote:
3
4 > On Sun, 2003-04-13 at 17:33, Derek J. Belrose wrote:
5 > > Well the X install is in the future it seems. I think gentoo would
6 > > benefit from a cli install/package manager more than it currently has.
7 >
8
9 Saw several posts to this thread that included suggestions from other distro's. Did not see the slack pkg managemnt as a suggestion. It is based on ncurses and includes sublevels of install types for "expert"
10 "newbie" and another can't remember the label now(full?). The idea is to give users a choice for controlling installation packages that is consistent with their knowledge level on what is installed. Don't know if it's gpl.
11 There is also a Slackbuild script that does source installs. IIRC
12
13 > <snip>
14 >
15 > > It should work over serial line consoles as well as local displays.
16 > > It should be really easy for a beginner, yet possible for the most
17 > > advanced user to take control at any point.
18 >
19 > http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?p=275364#275364
20 >
21 > Yesterday "optilude" posted a "fast and flexible curses ebuild browser"
22 > to the Gentoo Forums.
23 >
24 > Requiring only bash and dialog, it would easily fit onto the
25 > traditionally minimal Gentoo install CD and alongside ufed and
26 > mirrorselect. More importantly, because it works directly through
27 > emerge (emerge `ebb` is the suggested invocation), using this ebuild
28 > browser would preserve flexibility in the Gentoo install: for those who
29 > would prefer to stick with the traditional emerge command-line
30 > interface, this browser would not interfere with complete control over
31 > emerge, but for those who do want the browser it is easily accessible.
32 > Give it a shot.
33 >
34 > --
35 >
36 > Alec Berryman <alec@×××××××××.org>
37 >
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