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2018-01-24 Thread OECT T
Hi all: I appreciate everyone’s answer, now I’m clear that “aptitude” is still one of the main tool for package managing. I installed from a CD Rom created by jigdo and I verified myself the iso image with md5sum and sha1sums. The only different thing I did from previous installations is that

Re: Packages web page, was Re: Aptitude package manager "package"

2018-01-24 Thread David Wright
On Wed 24 Jan 2018 at 16:38:24 (+), Curt wrote: > On 2018-01-24, wrote: > > > >> > [1] https://packages.debian.org/ > >> > [2] > >> > https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=aptitude&searchon=names&suite=all§ion=all > >> > >> Hm. I had occasion to go to ¹ yesterday. (In passing, if I re

Re: Packages web page, was Re: Aptitude package manager "package"

2018-01-24 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
On 1/24/18, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 09:05:08AM -0600, David Wright wrote: >> So forget using this page for anything really vague like kernel-image, >> even if you set suite, section and then architecture; it can't even >> show you the most basic generic versions like lin

Re: Packages web page, was Re: Aptitude package manager "package"

2018-01-24 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
Good morning.. :) I just noticed Webmaster was CC'd here. I left that in place because who knows when it comes to various Debian features evolving their perks over time.. :) On 1/24/18, David Wright wrote: > On Wed 24 Jan 2018 at 10:53:17 (+0100), to...@tuxteam.de wrote: >> On Wed, Jan 24, 2018

Re: Packages web page, was Re: Aptitude package manager "package"

2018-01-24 Thread Curt
On 2018-01-24, wrote: > >> > [1] https://packages.debian.org/ >> > [2] >> > https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=aptitude&searchon=names&suite=all§ion=all >> >> Hm. I had occasion to go to ¹ yesterday. (In passing, if I remove the >> word "index", I end up at a different page ² but the r

Re: Aptitude package manager "package"

2018-01-24 Thread davidson
On Tue, 23 Jan 2018, OECT T wrote: Hi all: I just installed Debian Stretch 9.3.0 and noticed that the Aptitude package was not installed by default. I searched into Synaptics package manager and noticed that the package is not marked with the Debian icon indicating that the package is not sup

Re: Packages web page, was Re: Aptitude package manager "package"

2018-01-24 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 09:05:08AM -0600, David Wright wrote: > On Wed 24 Jan 2018 at 10:53:17 (+0100), to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 10:21:45AM +0100, Floris wrote: > > > Op Tue, 23 Jan 2018 20:44:19 +0100 schreef OECT T : > > >

Packages web page, was Re: Aptitude package manager "package"

2018-01-24 Thread David Wright
On Wed 24 Jan 2018 at 10:53:17 (+0100), to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 10:21:45AM +0100, Floris wrote: > > Op Tue, 23 Jan 2018 20:44:19 +0100 schreef OECT T : > > [...] > > > >I searched into Synaptics package manager and noticed that the > > >package is not marked with the Deb

Re: Aptitude package manager "package"

2018-01-24 Thread Brian
On Tue 23 Jan 2018 at 19:44:19 +, OECT T wrote: > I just installed Debian Stretch 9.3.0 and noticed that the Aptitude > package was not installed by default. The correct conclusion to draw from this is that aptitude does not have a Priority: higher than optional in stretch. > I searched int

Re: Aptitude package manager "package"

2018-01-24 Thread Brad Rogers
On Tue, 23 Jan 2018 19:44:19 + OECT T wrote: Hello OECT, >I just installed Debian Stretch 9.3.0 and noticed that the Aptitude >package was not installed by default. With a Priority of 'optional', it won't be installed at installation time unless you specifically request that it be. >I sear

Re: Aptitude package manager "package"

2018-01-24 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 11:08:52AM +0100, Floris wrote: > Op Wed, 24 Jan 2018 10:53:17 +0100 schreef : > >Folks, learn to use the web site [...] > Thanks for explaining how to use the internet /s Always glad to help. > >For aptitude, it turns out t

Re: Aptitude package manager "package"

2018-01-24 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 07:44:19PM +, OECT T wrote: I just installed Debian Stretch 9.3.0 and noticed that the Aptitude package was not installed by default. I searched into Synaptics package manager and noticed that the package is not marked with the Debian icon indicating that the package

Re: Aptitude package manager "package"

2018-01-24 Thread Floris
Op Wed, 24 Jan 2018 10:53:17 +0100 schreef : -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 10:21:45AM +0100, Floris wrote: Op Tue, 23 Jan 2018 20:44:19 +0100 schreef OECT T : [...] >I searched into Synaptics package manager and noticed that the >package is not mark

Re: Aptitude package manager "package"

2018-01-24 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 10:21:45AM +0100, Floris wrote: > Op Tue, 23 Jan 2018 20:44:19 +0100 schreef OECT T : [...] > >I searched into Synaptics package manager and noticed that the > >package is not marked with the Debian icon >indicating that the >

Re: Aptitude package manager "package"

2018-01-24 Thread Floris
Op Tue, 23 Jan 2018 20:44:19 +0100 schreef OECT T : Hi all: I just installed Debian Stretch 9.3.0 and noticed that the Aptitude package was not installed by default. I searched into Synaptics package manager and noticed that the package is not marked with the Debian icon >indicat

Re: Aptitude package manager "package"

2018-01-23 Thread john doe
On 1/23/2018 8:44 PM, OECT T wrote: What other command line packages are recommended instead of Aptitude? https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/ch-pkgtools.en.html -- John Doe

Aptitude package manager "package"

2018-01-23 Thread OECT T
Hi all: I just installed Debian Stretch 9.3.0 and noticed that the Aptitude package was not installed by default. I searched into Synaptics package manager and noticed that the package is not marked with the Debian icon indicating that the package is not supported. I would appreciate any comm