You didn't really answer my question at all. I know I can 'Q', and 'X' to get out of the dependency screen, I am wondering why dselect cares so much about a 'recommend' that it traps me in a dependency screen loop just because I don't want to take its 'recommendation'.
So does recommend = require or what? I am just a tad confused, AFTER reading all the docs I could find. -Michael -----Original Message----- From: Karsten M. Self [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 1:23 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Desperately trying to understand dselect (seeming inconsistency) on Thu, Mar 21, 2002, Michael Marziani ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I finally took the dselect plunge. Aptitude is far easier, but I > heard dselect can be more effective once it's mastered. The primary difference: dselect walks you through package "recommends" options. Generally, once you've got a system up and running, you don't particularly need to worry about these, though you may want to manually check packages down the road for any significant recommends listings (use apt-cache for this). Otherwise, aptitude's interface is a vast, vast improvement over dselect. I still occasionally drop into dselect, but do most of my package selection from the command line with 'apt-get install foo'. > Ok.. For some strange reason dselect had a bunch of crap selected > that I have no idea where it came from when I first entered dselect > after a brand new minimum install. So I'm trying to un-select it all > (D didn't work because it was previously selected), but when I try to > un-select something that recommends another package, it won't let me > unless I remove the other package, which in some cases is something I > already have installed. These are generally deps. > Here's an example. I have vim installed. When I started dselect, it > had vim-rt selected (but not installed). So when I try to un-select > vim-rt, I get a dependency resolution screen that looks like: > > EIOM Pri Section Package Description > *- Opt editors vim-rt Vi IMproved - runtime support files > **- Opt editors vim Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor > > Well I want to keep vim, so I do a + on it, and hit enter, well then I > get another dependency resolution screen: > > EIOM Pri Section Package Description > -* Opt editors vim-rt Vi IMproved - runtime support files > *** Opt editors vim Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor > > But I don't want vim-rt, so I - it, and hit enter, and I get the same > screen again. What's the deal here? RTFHS [1]. You want 'Q' to override suggestions and quit. 'D' will set all options to directly requested state. Peace. ---------------------------------------- Notes: 1. Read the f-cking help screen. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org
