On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 03:47:52PM -0500, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > If you specifically don't want any X, I suggest strongly that you use > aptitude interactively so that you can go back and forth if you choose > something that wants to drag in X.
Nothing against doing it that way (interactively), but when running aptitude or apt-get on the command line you also get a very complete list of what actions will be taken, and can cancel the install and try again. To make sure that it (apt-get or aptitude) isn't going to go ahead and do the install/remove/whatever anyway, I usually use the -s (or -simulate) option before running the "live" command. I never have understood the reasons (haven't checked very hard), but it seems like apt-get normally gives an "are you sure?" prompt before doing the action, but sometimes it just goes ahead and does it. Perhaps the no-prompt behavior is automatic if there aren't many/any dependencies to be hauled in or removed. I don't have enough time on aptitude to know whether it does the same. Ken -- Ken Irving, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
