> helpful). Traditionally I've used dselect to manage the packages that I > have installed, but it gets rather cumbersome having to scroll through a > list of crud, looking for specific updates. > > Is that what apt-get does for me automatically? I noticed that apt-get has > the dselect-upgrade option, and in convesation with a list member, he > recommended apt-get to update the kernel packages. > > So which is the preferred way, and why?
I use both apt-get and dselect. apt-get is handier when: you want upgrade/install one (or several) specific packages, and you know the names of these packages (exact debian names, that is). like: apt-get install kernel-source-2.2.17 dselect is handier when: you just browse what's available in debian packages I have script which goes like this: --- begin of script --- #!/bin/sh # updating lists apt-get update;dselect update # Lets make upgrades first apt-get --assume-yes upgrade # Then we take all what we want to install apt-get --assume-yes -f dselect-upgrade --- end of script --- I have dialup-net access, so I run this script when I'm online First goes list updates, and then is global upgrade (I have woody) I always browse dselect when I'm off-line, and make "orders" ( I use only select and quit parts in dselect main menu, of cource I use apt-get access method) So when I run that script, I get my "orders" at last line. Of course this is just one way of using best of both ways. -- Jarkko Niemi Disk error to your favor, collect 200Mb [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----====( finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] or http://www.sci.fi/~jin )====----
