Mark Phillips wrote: > Hi, > > I was under the impression that apt would replace dselect and provide a > more user friendly package manager. But so far I've just heard about > apt-get which sounds like just a script for installing debian packages > directly from the net. Could someone enlighten me on the true role > and status of apt?
Apt will eventually replace dselect, but the frontend is currently still in development. It needs both a terminal and X-windows based frontends. Until that day, apt can be used in conjunction with dselect as a method. It can also be used as a command line tool (apt-get). If you are chomping at the bit for the dselect replacement, you can view (and try) the gnome-apt frontend at http://www.debian.org/~hp/gnome-apt.html -Mitch
