[CLUE-Tech] Debian: gpm not installing by default

[David Jackson]

David ---
Thanks for you reply.
I actually to the point of getting something done with Debain now.
"Successfuly" ran my first apt-get update. Thinking about downloading
"woody" (could take a while at 28.8). Even recompiled and installed
the lastest version of Apache (1.3.24).

David 

> David Jackson wrote:
> 
>> Crawford (and others),
>>
>> Still to not install gpm by default (2.2r3) doesn't make any since??
>> How do you cut/past from the command line?
> 
> You mean "how do you cut/paste from the *console* command line?"
> 
> In X, the mouse works without gpm, so cut/paste in an Xterm is easy.
> 
> When connected to a machine (especially servers) on a network or serial
> console, cut/paste is handled by the terminal program on your local
> machine.  The remote doesn't need gpm.
> 
> Finally, in bash it is easy to cut/paste from the command history using
> the vi or emacs key bindings.
> 
> HTH,
> Dave
> 
> 
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