Re: I don't understand the new aptitude

2007-05-23 Thread cls
[This message has also been posted to linux.debian.user.] In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dan H wrote: > > (...and I just noticed I had to copy that by hand because aptitude > --and only aptitude!-- seems to disallow copying text from the xterm > it's running in! What kind of sadism is that?) Some

Re: I don't understand the new aptitude

2007-05-22 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Tue, May 22, 2007 at 11:03:47AM +0200, Dan H <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > I can't get my head around the (as of etch) newfangled aptitude > dependency handling procedure. As an example, I'm trying to install > texlive. As soon as I hit '+', I see this cryptic message in the bottom >

Re: I don't understand the new aptitude

2007-05-22 Thread Cassiano Bertol Leal
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dan H escreveu: > On Tue, 22 May 2007 15:16:44 +0200 > Jochen Schulz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> :) This isn't sadism, it's a feature of your terminal and aptitude. >> You probably can use the mouse to open menus etc, just like in a >> regular GUI

Re: I don't understand the new aptitude

2007-05-22 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Tue, May 22, 2007 at 11:03:47AM +0200, Dan H wrote: > Hello, > > I can't get my head around the (as of etch) newfangled aptitude > dependency handling procedure. As an example, I'm trying to install > texlive. As soon as I hit '+', I see this cryptic message in the bottom > line: > > [1(1)/...

Re: I don't understand the new aptitude

2007-05-22 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Tue, May 22, 2007 at 15:59:21 +0200, Dan H wrote: > On Tue, 22 May 2007 15:16:44 +0200 Jochen Schulz wrote: > > > :) This isn't sadism, it's a feature of your terminal and aptitude. > > You probably can use the mouse to open menus etc, just like in a > > regular GUI application. Vim and mc can

Re: I don't understand the new aptitude

2007-05-22 Thread Dan H
On Tue, 22 May 2007 15:16:44 +0200 Jochen Schulz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > :) This isn't sadism, it's a feature of your terminal and aptitude. > You probably can use the mouse to open menus etc, just like in a > regular GUI application. Vim and mc can behave that way, too, and > there are proba

Re: I don't understand the new aptitude

2007-05-22 Thread Jochen Schulz
Dan H: > > (...and I just noticed I had to copy that by hand because aptitude > --and only aptitude!-- seems to disallow copying text from the xterm > it's running in! What kind of sadism is that?) :) This isn't sadism, it's a feature of your terminal and aptitude. You probably can use the mouse

Re: I don't understand the new aptitude

2007-05-22 Thread Michael Marsh
On 5/22/07, Dan H <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I can't get my head around the (as of etch) newfangled aptitude dependency handling procedure. As an example, I'm trying to install texlive. As soon as I hit '+', I see this cryptic message in the bottom line: [1(1)/...] Suggest 2 installs, 4 keeps w:

I don't understand the new aptitude

2007-05-22 Thread Dan H
Hello, I can't get my head around the (as of etch) newfangled aptitude dependency handling procedure. As an example, I'm trying to install texlive. As soon as I hit '+', I see this cryptic message in the bottom line: [1(1)/...] Suggest 2 installs, 4 keeps w: examine !: apply ... (...and I just n