Ciao Carl Fink, > > > Another thing, is the dselect program: it is quite > > > difficult to use... > > > > Yes, ever more difficult too as the number of packages increases. > > But what dselect disguises is an excellent package management tool. > > You might find apt a better front-end to use. Try man apt-get. > > They aren't equivalent. Apt is fine for installing programs, but for > *deciding* what to install, it's useless. I find myself using > dselect to search package descriptions, then installing through apt.
and what about aptitude (console) % gnome-apt (X) ? (was very nice console-apt) Ciao -- Paolo Pedaletti, Como, ITALYa [EMAIL PROTECTED]