On Thu, Dec 23, 1999 at 02:11:31PM +0100, Egbert Bouwman wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 22, 1999 at 10:43:05PM +0100, steve doerr wrote:
> > Is there a way to change dpkg package remove tags? I ran dselect after
> > manually dpkg'ing postgresql and jdk and I somehow got almost everything
> >
> The debian group tries to remedy this by developing a new package,
> apt etc, which is not yet finished. For years on end we have to work
> now with the old interface. But I have never seen a clear, readable,
> understandable etc story about the use of these packages.
>
> Yes, in many texts you see something like: experiment, read the help
> pages, use the ... keys (they are your friend).
> In the meantime numerous people, often very sophisticated linux users,
> have been frustrated by dselect-dpkg. Many turned to another
> distibution exactly for this reason.
well...though you probably don't want to read this but:
a) in the manual everything is explained..the problem is that dpkg offers nearly
as much actions as nethack does because you can do a lot
b) apt is quite usable for daily work:
apt-get install <packetname> fetches the package and all dependencies
and installs everything.
to browse through the packet tree you can use aptitude
so you sholould wait the few month for potato and use apt, IMO there is no
real need to hack dselect just to abolish it a few month later...
Jan
