Jules Dubois wrote:
I still have this question:
If I can find some combination of installable or upgradable packages which
removes a "broken" condition, can I just go ahead and install them? (I
must have a reliable system for the next three weeks or so and then I can
break it.)
I think the im
On Sunday 25 April 2004 10:07, Jules Dubois wrote:
[...]
> I still have this question:
>
> If I can find some combination of installable or upgradable packages
> which removes a "broken" condition, can I just go ahead and install
> them? (I must have a reliable system for the next three weeks or s
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on Sun, 25 Apr 2004 05:47:24
+0800, Katipo wrote:
> Jules Dubois wrote:
>
>> Libranet decided a few months ago to modify my sources.list to
>> use unstable instead of testing.
>>
> When the Debian server compromise happened, Libranet installed their own
> mirror
Jules Dubois wrote:
Libranet decided a few months ago to modify my sources.list to
useunstable instead of testing. I'm now finding there are about 50
packages
I can't upgrade because of unsatisfied dependencies.
Hello Jules,
I had the same problem, I've got Libranet 2.8.1 installed.
When the
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on Tue, 20 Apr 2004
22:27:12 -0400, Joey Hess wrote:
> Nine reasons why you should be using aptitude instead of apt-get or
> dselect.
> [snip]
I keep hearing about the advantages of aptitude (over, for example,
Synaptic), but your article, Mr. Hess, was excellent.
On 2004-04-23, Michael D Schleif penned:
>
>
>> Search for "TRACKING UNUSED PACKAGES" in /usr/share/doc/aptitude/README
>> for more details.
>
> Although, I found `unused' and other information in that file, `TRACKING
> UNUSED PACKAGES' is not in my file. What version of aptitude are you
> running
* "Monique Y. Mudama" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004:04:23:17:41:52-] scribed:
> On 2004-04-21, Michael D Schleif penned:
> >
> > I would have been using aptitude long ago, _except_ for this hurdle on
> > my systems:
> >
> > # sudo aptitude -P upgrade
> > Password:
> > Reading Package Lists... Done
On 2004-04-21, Michael D Schleif penned:
>
> I would have been using aptitude long ago, _except_ for this hurdle on
> my systems:
>
> # sudo aptitude -P upgrade
> Password:
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree =20
> Reading extended state information... Done
I think thi
Michael D Schleif wrote:
> The following packages have been kept back:
> bastille x-window-system-core
> The following packages will be upgraded:
> arts dictionaries-common fontconfig gnome-vlc kernel-package libarts1
> libartsc0 libdevmapper1.00 libfontconfig1 libfontconfig1-dev
> libht
on Tue, 20 Apr 2004 10:27:12PM -0400, Joey Hess insinuated:
> J.S.Sahambi wrote:
> > I have been using apt and dselect for some time. Can any body tell me
> > about the advantages/disadvantages of dselect and aptitude? and which is
> > better?
>
> Nine reasons why you should be using aptitude in
* Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004:04:20:22:27:12-0400] scribed:
> J.S.Sahambi wrote:
> > I have been using apt and dselect for some time. Can any body tell me
> > about the advantages/disadvantages of dselect and aptitude? and which is
> > better?
>
> Nine reasons why you should be using apt
On (20/04/04 22:27), Joey Hess wrote:
> J.S.Sahambi wrote:
> > I have been using apt and dselect for some time. Can any body tell me
> > about the advantages/disadvantages of dselect and aptitude? and which is
> > better?
>
> Nine reasons why you should be using aptitude instead of apt-get or ds
J.S.Sahambi wrote:
> I have been using apt and dselect for some time. Can any body tell me
> about the advantages/disadvantages of dselect and aptitude? and which is
> better?
Nine reasons why you should be using aptitude instead of apt-get or dselect.
1. aptitude can look just like apt-get
Katipo writes:
> I believe 'dpkg --purge ' does this also.
No. That removes package and all it's configuration files, which --remove
leaves in place.
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Karsten M. Self wrote:
> The short answer, though, is that you'd want aptitude over dselect in
> virtually all instances. Though apt-get is still useful. Look also at
> synaptic and, um, the other stuff.
Yet I have found instances when dselect seems to handle errors better than
aptitude. At lea
Graham Williams wrote:
On Wed, 2004-04-21 at 06:37, Alex Malinovich wrote:
On Tue, 2004-04-20 at 15:08, Florian Ernst wrote:
[...]
I prefer dselect for the one task that I use it for, and that's
dist-upgrades with the dependency resolution screen. The rest of the
time I use wajig. The o
On Wed, 2004-04-21 at 06:37, Alex Malinovich wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-04-20 at 15:08, Florian Ernst wrote:
[...]
> I prefer dselect for the one task that I use it for, and that's
> dist-upgrades with the dependency resolution screen. The rest of the
> time I use wajig. The only thing that I can't do t
Hello Alex!
On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 03:37:01PM -0500, Alex Malinovich wrote:
> I prefer dselect for the one task that I use it for, and that's
> dist-upgrades with the dependency resolution screen. The rest of the
> time I use wajig. The only thing that I can't do that I wish I could
> (And someon
On Tue, 2004-04-20 at 15:08, Florian Ernst wrote:
--snip--
> Nowadays I solely use aptitude and apt-get source / build-dep (and
> occasionally a direct dpkg). The only thing I miss is dselect's
> feature to show me a dependency resolution screen directly after
> (de)selecting a package, but aptitud
Hello Karsten!
On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 12:39:48PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> aptitude is pretty much a replacement for both dselect (interactive) and
> apt-get (command line). With near but not-quite drop-in replacement of
> the latter. The strengths go beyond this to include logging of sys
ntages of dselect and aptitude? and which is
> > better?
>
> To dselect or aptitude, that is the question;
> Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
> The slings and arrows of outragous dselect
> where, alas, Sarge can barely meet Sid
> Or to take arms against a s
Hello J.S.!
On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 11:51:19AM +0530, J.S.Sahambi wrote:
> I have been using apt and dselect for some time. Can any body tell me
> about the advantages/disadvantages of dselect and aptitude? and which is
> better?
To dselect or aptitude, that is the question;
Whe
I have been using apt and dselect for some time. Can any body tell me
about the advantages/disadvantages of dselect and aptitude? and which is
better?
Thanks in advance
JSS
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