Debian Japanese (was: RH 6.2 install causes screen to explode)

[John De Hoog <dehoog@example.com>]

Matt Doughty <mdoughty@example.com> wrote:

     Actually, my point was that while it tells you about dependencies it doesn't
     actively download and install the needed packages automatically, which apt
     does.  NetBSD pkgsrc does something very simillar to this. I believe Ports 
     does also.  With Redhat if you don't already have a package you have to
     download it by hand and install it manually. There is no automated conflict/
     dependency resolution built in.

That's what I thought. <g>

Earlier when someone else (Simon?) was boostering Debian I asked how 
easy  it was to set up Japanese support, and got no answer. Can someone 
else tell us? I know it's possible, I just want to know how much trouble 
it is for a beginner. 

Anyone can obtain the Japanese Red Hat 7.1 distribution or a Vine 
distribution or Solaris, for that matter, and simply choose Japanese as 
the default language at installation. I have a feeling there is no such 
easy way out with Debian. True?

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John De Hoog, Tokyo        <dehoog@example.com>