On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 03:47:53PM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote:
> hello all
>
> for purging installed packages, i usually use dselect. mark the package for purging
>and go ahead.
>
> will it have the same effect if i do:
>
> dpkg -P packagename
Mostly, yes. But dpkg doesn't automatically h
On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 03:47:53PM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote:
> for purging installed packages, i usually use dselect. mark the
> package for purging and go ahead.
>
> will it have the same effect if i do:
>
> dpkg -P packagename
Yes, except that dselect handles more smoothly telling you ab
E.L. Meijer Eric" dixit:
> >
> > well, a front end, or whatever it is, but I can see it runs dpkg for
> > installing, removing,... so it's an interface for dpkg?
>
> Yes, but the `g' of gui stands for `graphical'. Anyway, I was just
I used graphical as anything that's not strictly command line.
>
> E.L. Meijer Eric" dixit:
[...]
> >
> > Dselect and dpkg and apt all use the same db. It is very nice of you to
> > call dselect a gui :)
Then replied Horacio:
>
> well, a front end, or whatever it is, but I can see it runs dpkg for
> installing, removing,... so it's an interface for dpkg?
E.L. Meijer Eric" dixit:
>
> You are trying too hard :) The package is elm-me+, the version is
> 2.4pl25ME+39-1. You don't need to tell dpkg which version to uninstall,
> there can only be one version installed, and dpkg knows which one that
> is, so just type:
Thanks.
>
> Dselect and dpkg and
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm having some trouble using dpkg for removing packages:
>
> ~# dpkg -l
>
> ii elm-me+ 2.4pl25ME+39-1 MIME & PGP-aware interactive mail reader
>
> which means the package is installed, but:
>
> ~# dpkg --remove elm-me+_2.4pl25ME+39-1
> dpkg - warning: ignoring request to
On Sat, 27 Sep 1997, Lawrence Lucier wrote:
> >(BTW, LILO will not install on an extended
> > partition AFAIK)
>
> HI looked through the docs for this kind of limitation but
> didn't see anything that pointed to this fact. Will be checking this out
> again though.
Sure it will
Addressed to: Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Debian
** Reply to note from Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Fri, 26 Sep 1997
13:19:49 -0400 (EDT)
>
> On Fri, 26 Sep 1997, Lawrence Lucier wrote:
>
> > The Rescue/Base installation refuses to install LILO on my system.
>
> What steps
Addressed to: Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Debian
** Reply to note from Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Fri, 26 Sep 1997
13:19:49 -0400 (EDT)
>
> On Fri, 26 Sep 1997, Lawrence Lucier wrote:
>
> > The Rescue/Base installation refuses to install LILO on my system.
>
> What steps
On Fri, 26 Sep 1997, Lawrence Lucier wrote:
> The Rescue/Base installation refuses to install LILO on my system.
What steps did you take to get here? The installation should be nearly
complete at this point. You made partitions, installed and configured the
kernel and drivers, installed and con
On Fri, 26 Sep 1997, Oliver Elphick wrote:
>
> dpkg is at /usr/bin/dpkg; it is part of the base system, and essential, but
> I do not know whether it is actually part of the four base diskettes
> lilo is in /sbin/lilo
>
Since the four base diskettes comprise the base system, they do indeed
c
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, writes:
>Quick recap of my problem here:
>
Can you post what error messages you see? It would make diagnosis a lot
easier.
>The Rescue/Base installation refuses to install LILO on my system. The boot
> disk refuses to
>boot up because, AFAIK, LILO
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