Re: A simple problem with dselect ...

1998-02-26 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Wed, Feb 25, 1998 at 10:44:17AM -0500, Nebu John Mathai wrote: > I was just wondering how I would go about removing a single package from > my Debian machine. > > I tried to remove a package and under "Select..." selected to remove the > package. Then I went to "Remove..." and dselect removed a

Re: A simple problem with dselect ...

1998-02-25 Thread Behan Webster
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On 25 Feb, David Wright wrote: > > On Wed, 25 Feb 1998, Nebu John Mathai wrote: > > > >> I tried to remove a package and under "Select..." selected to remove the > >> package. Then I went to "Remove..." and dselect removed almost every > >> package I had installed sinc

Re: A simple problem with dselect ...

1998-02-25 Thread servis
On 25 Feb, David Wright wrote: > On Wed, 25 Feb 1998, Nebu John Mathai wrote: > >> I tried to remove a package and under "Select..." selected to remove the >> package. Then I went to "Remove..." and dselect removed almost every >> package I had installed since the beginning (including the one I ha

Re: A simple problem with dselect ...

1998-02-25 Thread Martin Bialasinski
"Richard B. Talley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Nebu John Mathai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes this day 25 Feb 98: > > > I tried to remove a package and under "Select..." selected to remove the > > package. Then I went to "Remove..." and dselect removed almost every > > package I had installed sin

Re: A simple problem with dselect ...

1998-02-25 Thread David Wright
On Wed, 25 Feb 1998, Nebu John Mathai wrote: > I tried to remove a package and under "Select..." selected to remove the > package. Then I went to "Remove..." and dselect removed almost every > package I had installed since the beginning (including the one I had asked > it for). > > I know I'm doi

Re: A simple problem with dselect ...

1998-02-25 Thread Richard B. Talley
Richard B. Talley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes this day 25 Feb 98: > The install command installs all selected programs AND removes programs > currently installed that have been deselected by the user. > > Therefore to remove *one* package only, deselect that one package and > choose *install*. Th

Re: A simple problem with dselect ...

1998-02-25 Thread Steve Mayer
Richard, You can do a 'dpkg --purge Steve Mayer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Richard B. Talley wrote: > > Nebu John Mathai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes this day 25 Feb 98: > > > I tried to remove a package and under "Select..." selected to remove the > > package. Then I went to "Remove..." and dselect r

Re: A simple problem with dselect ...

1998-02-25 Thread Richard B. Talley
Nebu John Mathai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes this day 25 Feb 98: > I tried to remove a package and under "Select..." selected to remove the > package. Then I went to "Remove..." and dselect removed almost every > package I had installed since the beginning (including the one I had > asked it for).

A simple problem with dselect ...

1998-02-25 Thread Nebu John Mathai
I was just wondering how I would go about removing a single package from my Debian machine. I tried to remove a package and under "Select..." selected to remove the package. Then I went to "Remove..." and dselect removed almost every package I had installed since the beginning (including the one