Colin Paul Adams wrote: > What kind of entity is comps.xml, and where can I find it? (I have > some supplementary questions). [james@howells james]$ locate comps.xml /usr/share/comps/i386/comps.xml It contains a list of the install groups, which packages appear in which group, whether they're mandatory or optional, and data like that. It should be fairly self-explanatory: try opening it as text. James. -- E-mail address: james | The winds, however, get very lazy that time of year; @westexe.demon.co.uk | they don't bother going around you, they just go | right on through. | -- Joe Zeff