Re: "char-mode"-only dist-upgrade?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 07 January 2002 04:40 pm, David B Harris wrote: > On Mon, 7 Jan 2002 13:19:18 -0600 > > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > > > Of course, man doesn't mention it, but is there some way to > > do this: "apt-get dist-upgrade --no-X", meaning that it won't > > install any GUI packages. > > There is no such thing :) That's not how it works ;) I was afraid of that. Having "meta-packages" would be handy, though, for people who want, for example, and up-to-date potato without any GUI components, or development components, etc. Someone who wants a fully decked-out workstation would install all of the meta- packages. Of course, then you'd have to have a meta-package maintainer, which is Yet One More Thing To Do... - -- ++ | Ron Johnson, Jr.Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA http://ronandheather.dhs.org:81| || ! "Fair is where you take your cows to be judged." ! !Unknown ! ++ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8Oi2yjTz5dS9Us5wRApnEAJ95bF/+Ivenpm+536o7ABvrNZTkpQCffXkH FMDExHj49do9twgpKIJliSI= =vkIp -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: "char-mode"-only dist-upgrade?
On Mon, 7 Jan 2002 13:19:18 -0600 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Now, when I do an "apt-get -s dist-upgrade", it wants to install > all of the gnome, font and a buch of other graphical stuff > that I don't need nor have room for. This is probably because one of the packages you have installed now requires X. Various utilities in the 'apt' package can help you find out which package that might be. > Of course, man doesn't mention it, but is there some way to > do this: "apt-get dist-upgrade --no-X", meaning that it won't > install any GUI packages. There is no such thing :) That's not how it works ;) -- .--=-=-=-=--=---=-=-=. /David Barclay HarrisAut agere, aut mori. \ \Clan Barclay Either action, or death./ `---==-=-=-=-===-=---=--=' pgpu91Rb168bI.pgp Description: PGP signature
"char-mode"-only dist-upgrade?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I have a very modest system (low memory, small disk) that I run in character-mode only. No X, GNOME, KDE, audio, etc. So, when I installed via ftp, I left out as much of that as I could. Now, when I do an "apt-get -s dist-upgrade", it wants to install all of the gnome, font and a buch of other graphical stuff that I don't need nor have room for. Of course, man doesn't mention it, but is there some way to do this: "apt-get dist-upgrade --no-X", meaning that it won't install any GUI packages. TIA, Ron - -- ++ | Ron Johnson, Jr.Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA http://ronandheather.dhs.org:81| || ! "Fair is where you take your cows to be judged." ! !Unknown ! ++ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8OfS2jTz5dS9Us5wRAmkoAJ4yt+dIDsn4YnzsxFnUigjbuZHMZwCeIolV pKDZa9mkKRNnBwSldohyAvc= =bGie -END PGP SIGNATURE-
