On Sun, Apr 22, 2001 at 10:12:12AM +0200, Hans wrote: > I think you shouldn't mix apt-get with dselect, but I'd like to hear some > comments on this. Or maybe use deselect to make choices and use upt-get > dselect-upgrade, but I haven't tried if this works.
Erm ... dselect and apt-get are both front-ends to dpkg. dselect changes a package's desired status (which you can also do by saying "echo <pkg> [install|deinstall|hold|...] | dpkg --set-selections" ); "apt-get dselect-upgrade" tries to make your system match the state described by "dpkg --get-selections". You can choose whatever packages you want with either, if you're careful, and you always have the option to "dpkg --install file.deb". Rob -- I've known him as a man, as an adolescent and as a child -- sometimes on the same day.
