quick apt/dpkg question

2000-02-04 Thread Ian Alexander
Does dpkg --get-selections report stuff that has been installed via apt? Ian J. Alexander email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Office: 817-557-3038 Senior Software Engineer http://ija.eaze.net Fa

dpkg --(get|set)-selections

2000-02-02 Thread Ian Alexander
#include What defines a package as being 'selected'? I would think that it would mean those packages that have been selected via the dselect 'Select' stage. However, output seems to suggest that the --(get|set)-selections only print what's installed, not what's been selected. Is my understand

compiling from source - where to install

2000-02-01 Thread Ian Alexander
Hello all. New to Debian, and have a few questions. When installing software from source: what is the official/suggested way of doing this in Debian? Obviously, /usr/local is under my control according to the FHS. But is there a suggested way of handling this on a Debian system? Also, does it