On Fri, Nov 19, 1999 at 07:23:14AM +0700, Oki DZ wrote
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> Urban Gabor wrote:
> >
> > Though it might be a lamer question, I would like to know the major
> > differences between dselect and apt.
>
> dselect is menu based, and apt is command-line based.
> dselect is slightly confusing, and apt is pretty straightforward.
>
> I think xdselect (if there's any such thing) would be a lot neater than
> dselect.
>
> >I do not upgrade my boxes via ftp, I
> > allways (more or less :-)) ) wait till the new release is assembled in CD
> > images. Why would I switch to apt?
>
Apt is better at package ordering - sometimes, depending on what you've
selected, dselect takes a couple of passes to get everything in.
Apt is smarter and faster - most dselect methods work through the entire
package list ("skipping kernel-header-2.0.33\nskipping etc. etc."), apt
works through only those packages that will be installed or removed.
Apt is more flexible - with apt you can use CDs, FTP sites and local package
repositories as sources in a single operation, and apt will seamlessly get
the packages you select from wherever is most convenient (based on the order
in which the sources appear in /etc/apt/sources.list).
Dselect can do apt, but apt can't do dselect - Apt provides a dselect access
method, so you can do all your source configuration with apt and then get
the benefit of both the unified, screen-oriented dselect interface you're
used to and the convenience of just going (e.g.)
# apt-get install xemacs20
when you want to install a new package.
John P.
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