Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Harry> Yikes.. I guess the name is kind of a giveaway but the definition in > Harry> the man page doesn't come across as giving that kind of information: > > Incidentally, if you happen to use dselect (I use dselect with > apt as a backend), looking through /var/lib/dpkg/available is quite > informative (especially when I am unsure of what I am looking for and > just use the regexp search in emacs or less). My one go around with dselect during my first installation attempt caused me to want to shoot myself after a few minutes. But once you start getting used to the keybindings it starts to work. What does it mean to use dselect with apt as backend?