Thanks Colin and Rob Works Exactly like i want it to.. Thanks!!
Best regards /smurfd On Mon, 2003-10-20 at 06:21, Rob Weir wrote: > On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 02:59:59AM +0200, smurfd said > > Hey there Debian-user list, ive been thinking, (not well enough, as it > > seems). > > > > How does dselect do, when you select/deselect packages to be > > added/removed ? i mean, can you type yourself, like on one line.. > > > > apt-get install packages remove packages? > > > > Im not meaning > > apt-get install packages; apt-get remove packages > > > > you see, so it would collect all packages in need to be added, and all > > packages that needs to be removed.. > > $ apt-get install installme removeme- On Mon, 2003-10-20 at 02:11, Colin Watson wrote: > On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 02:59:59AM +0200, smurfd wrote: > > Hey there Debian-user list, ive been thinking, (not well enough, as it > > seems). > > > > How does dselect do, when you select/deselect packages to be > > added/removed ? i mean, can you type yourself, like on one line.. > > > > apt-get install packages remove packages? > > dselect's apt method uses the 'dselect-upgrade' option to apt, which > tells apt-get to attempt to resolve the desired package states that > dselect has put in /var/lib/dpkg/status. This isn't really accessible > very easily in the way you'd normally use apt-get. > > However, here's a quote from the apt-get(8) man page: > > install > install is followed by one or more packages desired for > installation. Each package is a package name, not a > fully qualified filename (for instance, in a Debian > GNU/Linux system, libc6 would be the argument provided, > not libc6_1.9.6-2.deb). All packages required by the > package(s) specified for installation will also be > retrieved and installed. The /etc/apt/sources.list file > is used to locate the desired packages. If a hyphen is > appended to the package name (with no intervening > space), the identified package will be removed if it is > installed. > > So you can say: > > apt-get install package1 package2 package3- package4- > > Cheers, > > -- > Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]