I have a mostly working Linux setup that I have maintained and upgraded over the years using sources I've compiled and installed.
I want to use apt so that I can test and checkout various applications and can remove them easily if I no longer need, or don't like them. How can I tell apt/dselect not to mess with the base system? What would really be nice is a gui program that you could just check off the packages that you don't want touched or upgraded. I know that probably doesn't exist, but just being able to do it manually would be nice too. Also is there a option for dpkg that just lets you test a package? I sometimes download .debs and would like to know if they downloaded OK. -- Fred
