On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 08:13:22AM CEST, Robert Parker <rlp1...@gmail.com> said: > So as to keep the same software set from one machine to another I use > aptoncd and copy the contents of the iso to /var/cache/apt/archives > and install the set using apt-get install -f. > >From then on every time I use apt-get I get nagged to remove a list of > packages which have been auto installed by using apt-get autoremove. > I work around this by copying the list of packages to be removed into > a bash script and apt-get -y install each of these packages in turn. > All I get is a message saying that the package is the latest version > and that it has been marked as manually installed. > > This is just a kludge and what I'd like to know is if there is some > more elegant way of recording these packages as manually installed? > > Thanks > Bob Parker > >
Just use aptitude install 'pkg1&m' 'pkg2&m' 'pkg3&m' -- Erwan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100820064057.ga18...@trusted-logic.com
