On Mon, Jan 26, 1998 at 12:04:40AM +0100, joost witteveen wrote: > > Adrian Bridgett wrote: > > > Let's compare like with like. To install a program on windows you double > > > click it and then keep clicking on next. To install a program on Debian > > > you > > > type "dpkg -i filename". Dselect is not the installer, it is the package > > > selection tool. It shows you a list of program which you have access to > > > and > > > can install. > > > > Adrian, > > Thanks for the clarification. That's nice to know the specific command > > for dpkg install. Does that also work out dependencies, or is that a > > function of dselect once a package has been selected from its list? > > Well, let's try: > [snip] > > Seems it does dependancies.
Which you can override (be *careful*) by using "dpkg --force-depends ..." IIRC you can get yourself into a pickle with dpkg rather more easily than with dselect (since dselect checks the dependencies *before* removing/installing a program). > Potentially offensive files, part 5: /dev/random. > `head -c 4 /dev/random` may print 4-letter words (once every approx 4e8 > tries). :-) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Debian Linux - www.debian.org http://www.poboxes.com/adrian.bridgett | Because bloated, unstable PGP key available on public key servers | operating systems are from MS -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
