Re: Can I pass dselect a "list" of packages?

1998-02-08 Thread Henry Hollenberg
Thanks guysI guess I was looking at the man page rather than "dpkg --help" Thanks! Henry Hollenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: Can I pass dselect a "list" of packages?

1998-02-07 Thread Will Lowe
On Sat, 7 Feb 1998, Henry Hollenberg wrote: > I was wondering if it was possible to pass > dselect a _custom_ list of packages that has been previously compiled. dpkg --set-selections < filename you can also _get_ the list of currently selected stuff with dpkg --get-selections > filename so y

Re: Can I pass dselect a "list" of packages?

1998-02-07 Thread Alex Yukhimets
> I was wondering if it was possible to pass > dselect a _custom_ list of packages that has been previously compiled. > > ie: > > `cat pkg-list` If you already have a debian system with desired set of packages installed you could do: dpkg --get-selections > pkg-list and then on a new system dpk

Can I pass dselect a "list" of packages?

1998-02-07 Thread Henry Hollenberg
Hello, I was wondering if it was possible to pass dselect a _custom_ list of packages that has been previously compiled. ie: `cat pkg-list` where pkg-list is a file containing the names of a _custom_ set of packages I want to install. If I need to select packages to install one at a time that