dselect for X?
Hi, is there a dselect for X? Whenever I launch dselect in xterm, the 'select' option produces an ugly black screen with only a few lines of white-on-black text. TIA, Elizabeth
Re: dselect for X?
On Sun, Jan 20, 2002 at 12:07:54AM -0600, Elizabeth Barham wrote: Hi, is there a dselect for X? Whenever I launch dselect in xterm, the 'select' option produces an ugly black screen with only a few lines of white-on-black text. There is no dselect for X but there are things that replace dselect n X. If you run regular xtern in X, just hit Ctrl-Middle Mouse Button and select Reverse Video. Then you should get black-on-white text. The nicest X packeging this I ever used is red-carpet [at least it's in Sid - don't know about woody]. It is also part of Ximian desktop which is for potato. Adam PS. Right now Red Carpet doesn't appear to run so well in sid.
Re: dselect for X?
On Sunday 20 January 2002 07.07, Elizabeth Barham wrote: Hi, is there a dselect for X? Whenever I launch dselect in xterm, the 'select' option produces an ugly black screen with only a few lines of white-on-black text. TIA, Elizabeth Not exactly, but if you're using KDE, you should checkout 'kpackage'. It's a frontend for APT, which lets you install, uninstall and search for available and installed packages. It might be somthing of what you're looking for. Pontus
Re: dselect for X?
On Sun, Jan 20, 2002 at 12:07:54AM -0600, Elizabeth Barham decided to write thus: is there a dselect for X? Whenever I launch dselect in xterm, the 'select' option produces an ugly black screen with only a few lines of white-on-black text. in sid you could check out the deity-gtk package Martin -- Everybody has been saying that Linux is over because the dot-com boom is over. But Linux predates the dot-com hype, said Jacques le Marois, president of French Linux distributor MandrakeSoft.
Re: dselect for X?
On Sunday 20 January 2002 10:21 am, Martin Atukunda wrote: On Sun, Jan 20, 2002 at 12:07:54AM -0600, Elizabeth Barham decided to write thus: is there a dselect for X? Whenever I launch dselect in xterm, the 'select' option produces an ugly black screen with only a few lines of white-on-black text. in sid you could check out the deity-gtk package Martin i've never managed to get deity to do anything except piss me off.
how to advise dselect of X 4.1.0
I've installed XFree86 4.1.0 from source. (The latest deb seems to be 4.0.3.) How do I tell dselect that I've done that? I want it to leave XFree86 4.1.0 alone, not try to bring in an updated 4.0.x. Thanks! Robin
Re: how to advise dselect of X 4.1.0
Am 04. Aug, 2001 schwäzte Robin Rowe so: I've installed XFree86 4.1.0 from source. (The latest deb seems to be 4.0.3.) How do I tell dselect that I've done that? I want it to leave XFree86 4.1.0 alone, not try to bring in an updated 4.0.x. echo xserver-common hold | dpkg --set-selections That puts xserver-common on hold. ciao, der.hans -- # [EMAIL PROTECTED] home.pages.de/~lufthans/ www.DevelopOnline.com # C'est la Net - der.hans
Re: dselect for X?
If a version of dselect is created for X, PLEASE let it be an option, not the only version. Many of us have X-less installations and intend to keep it that way (I have both X and non-X machines). Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AX.25:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: dselect for X?
I strongly second Bob Nielsen's remarks. Bob Hilliard On Mon, 28 Apr 1997 17:14:38 Bob Nielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If a version of dselect is created for X, PLEASE let it be an option, not the only version. Many of us have X-less installations and intend to keep it that way (I have both X and non-X machines). Bob -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
dselect for X?
Hi all, Is there any project about an X-based dselect-like program? I have some experience with Tcl/tk and would like to help giving Debian Linux a tool like that. I think the best way would be to create an extension to tcl to handle /var/lib/dpkg/ stuff. Probably, having the sources of dpkg with the necessary documentation, I could embed the hi-level functions (install, remove and such) in tcl commands. The construction of a GUI would become very easy once done that. Let me know if you find it interesting ... Bye -- Gilo *** Angelo Addante -- IT engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (university) -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: dselect for X?
There is a group currently making a replacement for dselect called diety. So you might want to hold off on that thought. On Sat, 26 Apr 1997, Angelo Addante wrote: Hi all, Is there any project about an X-based dselect-like program? I have some experience with Tcl/tk and would like to help giving Debian Linux a tool like that. I think the best way would be to create an extension to tcl to handle /var/lib/dpkg/ stuff. Probably, having the sources of dpkg with the necessary documentation, I could embed the hi-level functions (install, remove and such) in tcl commands. The construction of a GUI would become very easy once done that. Let me know if you find it interesting ... Bye -- Gilo *** Angelo Addante -- IT engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (university) -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . --Rick [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: dselect for X?
Angelo Addante wrote: Hi all, Is there any project about an X-based dselect-like program? I have some experience with Tcl/tk and would like to help giving Debian Linux a tool like that. I think the best way would be to create an extension to tcl to handle /var/lib/dpkg/ stuff. Probably, having the sources of dpkg with the necessary documentation, I could embed the hi-level functions (install, remove and such) in tcl commands. The construction of a GUI would become very easy once done that. Let me know if you find it interesting ... Sounds like a great idea to me. I'm not much of a programmer, but if you build it I'll sure try to break it for you. Jim -- Debian Linux! Where I REALLY went today! Jim Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oz.net/~jim/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
