On Fri, 2003-09-26 at 13:18, Alex Malinovich wrote: > On Fri, 2003-09-26 at 06:43, Ron Johnson wrote: > --snip-- > > > Call me weird, but unless I'm only installing one or two packages (which > > > I'll just use apt-get to do) I think dselect is the best tool for the > > > job. It lets you see recommended and suggested packages while > > > automatically showing you which dependencies need to be installed. It's > > > also the only really "intuitive" package manager I've found. It took me > > > about 2 hours of playing with it to understand it. I've tried aptitude > > > and a few of the available GUI frontends (though I admit I've never > > > tried kpackage) and even after 2 hours I just can't get the hang of 'em. > > > Though I know of QUITE a few people who absolutely swear by aptitude. > > > Personally, I couldn't be happier with dselect. :) > > > > apt-get and aptitude also show 'suggests' and 'recommends' packages. > > I believe that apt-get only recently started showing suggests and > recommends. I know that when I first started using Debian a couple of > years ago, apt-get would just go about its business without bothering > you with any real questions or suggestions.
Yes, you're right. It might be in sarge now, but did see it when I installed the sid version a month or so ago. > And my comments about dselect were not meant to be exclusive of other > package managers. Every good package manager will show you suggests and > recommends, I just tend to prefer the way that dselect does it for my > own personal use. Hey, understandable. I was just passing on more info.... -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jefferson, LA USA The purpose of the military isn't to pay your college tuition or give you a little extra income; it's to "kill people and break things". Surprisingly, not everyone understands that. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
