On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 12:56:58PM +0000, Jonathan Matthews wrote: > Just tell aptitude you explicitly /want/ gcc and you should be good to > remove cwebx. I'd be interested to see if "aptitude install gcc ; > aptitude remove cwebx" achieves this directly - do let the list know
In aptitude's graphical mode, navigate to the package in question (e.g., gcc: /^gcc$<enter>). Note the 'A' indicating that the package was automatically installed. Remove the 'A' (mark as manually installed) via keypress 'm'. Restore it via 'M'. (or vice versa) -- Jon Dowland -- 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/20110322141724.ga12...@deckard.alcopop.org
