Re: Dselect blues (a.k.a. how-to start a riot)

2001-08-20 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sun, Aug 19, 2001 at 09:54:07PM +0200, Sándor Bárány ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > "Karsten M. Self" wrote: > > > In general though, it's a good idea to know what you have (dpkg > > --show-selections), what you want, and what you don't want. > > Sorry to ask but what do you mean with dpkg --sh

Re: Dselect blues (a.k.a. how-to start a riot)

2001-08-19 Thread Sándor Bárány
"Karsten M. Self" wrote: > In general though, it's a good idea to know what you have (dpkg > --show-selections), what you want, and what you don't want. Sorry to ask but what do you mean with dpkg --show-selections ? It has a --get-selections and a --set-selections parameter, but no --show-select

Re: Dselect blues (a.k.a. how-to start a riot)

2001-08-19 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sun, Aug 19, 2001 at 10:24:06AM +, Lambrecht Joris ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi all, Please set your mailer wrap to 72 characters. > Does anyone know of a different interface to dpkg/APT besides dselect ? apt-get and aptitude, among others. > I'm getting _REALLY_ frustrated because o

Re: Dselect blues (a.k.a. how-to start a riot)

2001-08-19 Thread Marco Herrn
Hi, On Sun, Aug 19, 2001 at 10:34:14AM +, Lambrecht Joris wrote: > Does anyone know of a different interface to dpkg/APT besides dselect ? There are also aptitude and console-apt. Give them a try. Bye Marco -- Marco Herrn [EMAIL PROTECTED] (GnuPG/PGP-signed and crypted mail pr

Re: Dselect blues (a.k.a. how-to start a riot)

2001-08-19 Thread mark
On Sun, Aug 19, 2001 at 10:23:57AM +, Lambrecht Joris wrote: > Hi all, > > Does anyone know of a different interface to dpkg/APT besides dselect ? > > I'm getting _REALLY_ frustrated because of the vast number of packages one is > supposed to know by either heart or divine intervention. >

Dselect blues (a.k.a. how-to start a riot)

2001-08-19 Thread Lambrecht Joris
Hi all, Does anyone know of a different interface to dpkg/APT besides dselect ? I'm getting _REALLY_ frustrated because of the vast number of packages one is supposed to know by either heart or divine intervention. Isn't there a tool that shows a list that is ordered in a less sequential way ?