on Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 04:57:14PM -0800, Chris Palmer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote > > on Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 04:07:50PM -0800, Chris Palmer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > wrote: > > > Wow, was I surprised when a number of packages were removed from my > > > system at the end. I had a fun time getting perl back on my system, > > > and a really cool guy from work created a custom package for me so I > > > could get Majordomo running again. > > > > This is known to happen occasionally. Usually, if you catch the action > > before committing it, you can exit dselect without harm. > > unfortunately, I didn't go that route at the time. and I ended up > doing some apt-get upgrade and maybe even dist-upgrade and maybe > even dselect-upgrade. I don't remember at this point.
Shouldna matter, if you're back on track now.
> > For a given package, it's often much better to use apt-get:
> > $ apt-get install samba lynx
>
> ok, I just tried and successfully got lynx back on my system.
> That's a major help. Maybe I was trying this too early and
> the files just weren't ready on the ftp servers or the package
> lists were mangled?
More likely, your package lists were out of date. Generally, the
procedure is:
$ apt-get --update && apt-get install foo bar baz
...for a given package or set of packages.
or
$ apt-get --update && apt-get dist-upgrade
...for your entire distribution.
> > General suggestion: avoid dselect, use apt-get. You might also
> > find capt (console apt) a useful tool. I generally use it to search
> > for packages, but leave the installation for the command line.
>
> ok, so I've heard now from a couple folks that I should avoid
> dselect. It's pretty much been the only way that I'd ever done
> any package maintenance on my system (I guess I'm behind the
> times). It's also the only way I've know about availability of
> packages, and it was cool that I could just flag them.
dselect's crufty.
If you're looking for a particular package, try also apt-cache:
$ apt-cache search <pattern>
...it's part of apt, may not be available in Potato (I'm running Woody).
> Should I now abandon the settings in dselect and no longer run
> it? I had attempted to flag things that I wanted to add to my
> system in there (and I have no idea what they were now).
Generally, yes. dpkg, apt-get, capt, and apt-cache replace most of this
functionality.
> Is there a way to get it synchronized with the apt-get settings,
> so I can use it for "shopping" or should I look into "capt" for
> that purpose?
Just do an 'update' in dselect if you do want to use it.
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