to have later packages installed before they will configure properly.

Running a ``Configure'' step is recommended to help fix any packages that
may end up in this state.

multi_nfs, multi_mount.

These are similar to the multi_cd method and are refinements on
the theme of coping with changing media - for example, installing
from a multi_cd set exported via NFS from another machine's CD-ROM
drive. indexdselect!multi-NFS, multi-mount installation

apt.
One of the best options for installation from a local mirror of
the Debian archive or from the network. This method uses the
``apt'' system to do complete dependency analysis and ordering, so
it's most likely to install packages in the optimal order.

Configuration of this method is straightforward. You may select any number
of different locations, mixing and matching file: URLs (local disks or NFS
mounted disks), http: URLs, or ftp: URLs. Note, however, that the HTTP and
FTP options do not support local authenticating proxies.

If you have proxy server for either HTTP or FTP (or both), make sure you
set the http_proxy and ftp_proxy environment variables, respectively. Set
them from your shell before starting dselect by using the following
command:

# export http_proxy=http://gateway:3128/