>>>>> "Oege" == Oege Dijk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Oege> Hi,
Oege> I am not sure how, but somehow I really messed up my dselect requests.
Oege> When i run [I]install, dpkg wants to remove a whole host of packages,
Oege> among which gnome and X. From dselect I have tried to clearly tell
Oege> dselect that I want to install the packages it wants to remove, but
that
Oege> all doesn't matter. It still tries to remove all those packages.
Oege> Is there any way I can synchronize my dselect requests with what
Oege> packages I actually have installed?
This may help (in fact, it comes from the FAQ):
$ dpkg --get-selections | sed -e 's/uninstall/install/' > foobar
$ dpkg --set-selections < foobar
And avoid using dselect in the future!
cheers,
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