Re: synchronize dselect

2004-05-14 Thread david
I have the following problem: installed perl5.8.3 manually to upgrade perl5.8.2 and everything was ok with dselect dpkg -i perl*.deb (5.8.3) then for some reason I put apt-get -f install and then dselect. Now when I try to install a new package with dselect or apt-get install , I get the foll

Re: synchronize dselect

2000-11-14 Thread Hubert Chan
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson) writes: > Or use it all the time, except for the odd apt-get for something > trivial. I find it an exceedingly useful tool when you don't happen to > know the exact dependency structure of what you're trying to install > (maybe, one day, when apt supports Suggests:

Re: synchronize dselect

2000-11-12 Thread Jonathan Gift
Hi, > $ dpkg --get-selections | sed -e 's/uninstall/install/' > foobar > $ dpkg --set-selections < foobar I have the same problem. I made a standard install, added and removed a few items using apt-get, nothing big,a nd suddenly when I look at deselect it won't install an item unless it a

Re: synchronize dselect

2000-11-10 Thread Colin Watson
"Allan F. Caetano" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> "Oege" == Oege Dijk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >Oege> Is there any way I can synchronize my dselect requests with what >Oege> packages I actually have installed? > >This may help (in fact, it comes from the FAQ): > >$ dpkg --get-

synchronize dselect

2000-11-10 Thread Allan F. Caetano
> "Oege" == Oege Dijk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Oege> Hi, Oege> I am not sure how, but somehow I really messed up my dselect requests. Oege> When i run [I]install, dpkg wants to remove a whole host of packages, Oege> among which gnome and X. From dselect I have tried to clear

synchronize dselect

2000-11-10 Thread Oege Dijk
Hi, I am not sure how, but somehow I really messed up my dselect requests. When i run [I]install, dpkg wants to remove a whole host of packages, among which gnome and X. From dselect I have tried to clearly tell dselect that I want to install the packages it wants to remove, but that all doesn't m