Hi,
On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 11:13 AM, Stan Hoeppner s...@hardwarefreak.com wrote:
Andrei Popescu put forth on 12/30/2009 3:41 AM:
I prefer to ask dpkg about installed packages, it should know best ;)
I find the aptitude show results more useful. I have no idea what the first
three lines of
Dear all
sorry for being off thread.
Thanks for your help. The hint by Andrei solved my problem.
In /etc/apt/preferences, I marked the packages as Prio *-1*:
Package: nano
Pin: release testing
Pin-Priority: -1
Package: aptitude
Pin: release testing
Pin-Priority: -1
Package:
Robert David put forth on 12/29/2009 5:20 PM:
I dont understand why so many people today use pure apt-get for everyday
package management.
I started using aptitude after upgrading from Etch to Lenny. I now use it
exclusively instead of apt-*. It's much more powerful and user friendly, and
On Wed,30.Dec.09, 03:32:02, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
Robert David put forth on 12/29/2009 5:20 PM:
I dont understand why so many people today use pure apt-get for everyday
package management.
I started using aptitude after upgrading from Etch to Lenny. I now use it
exclusively instead of
On 2009-12-30 03:32 (-0600), Stan Hoeppner wrote:
I started using aptitude after upgrading from Etch to Lenny. I now use
it exclusively instead of apt-*. It's much more powerful and user
friendly, and the package search function returns more relevant and
limited results. For instance
:/$
Andrei Popescu put forth on 12/30/2009 3:41 AM:
I prefer to ask dpkg about installed packages, it should know best ;)
I find the aptitude show results more useful. I have no idea what the first
three lines of the dpkg -l output below are trying to tell me.
:/# dpkg -l postfix
On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 04:13:43 -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
[...]
I have no idea what the first
three lines of the dpkg -l output below are trying to tell me.
:/# dpkg -l postfix
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
|
El mié, 30-12-2009 a las 00:20 +0100, Robert David escribió:
Did you consider using aptitude as your main package manager?? It will solve
these problems easily. I just hold packages that I need to be hold and
aptitude works great.
I dont understand why so many people today use pure
Hi,
On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 8:41 PM, Consultores Agropecuarios
consultor...@gmail.com wrote:
El mié, 30-12-2009 a las 00:20 +0100, Robert David escribió:
Did you consider using aptitude as your main package manager?? It will solve
these problems easily. I just hold packages that I need to be
On 2009-12-30 21:46 +0100, Javier Barroso wrote:
safe-upgrade == aptitude won't install any new package, only will
upgrade your packages to newer versions when it won't require
installing new dependencies, which are less buggy generally than
older.
Sorry, this is completely wrong. Actually
Hi,
On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 10:51 PM, Sven Joachim svenj...@gmx.de wrote:
On 2009-12-30 21:46 +0100, Javier Barroso wrote:
safe-upgrade == aptitude won't install any new package, only will
upgrade your packages to newer versions when it won't require
installing new dependencies, which are
El mié, 30-12-2009 a las 21:46 +0100, Javier Barroso escribió:
Hi,
On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 8:41 PM, Consultores Agropecuarios
consultor...@gmail.com wrote:
El mié, 30-12-2009 a las 00:20 +0100, Robert David escribió:
Did you consider using aptitude as your main package manager?? It will
On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 04:13:43AM -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
Andrei Popescu put forth on 12/30/2009 3:41 AM:
I prefer to ask dpkg about installed packages, it should know best ;)
I find the aptitude show results more useful. I have no idea what the first
three lines of the dpkg -l
Dear all
Some packges, for example nano, tasksel, aptitude or
texlive-pstricks-doc, I do not want to have installed.
However, when I set them on hold by
echo nano hold | dpkg --set-selections
echo tasksel hold | dpkg --set-selections
echo aptitude hold | dpkg --set-selections
echo
On Tue,29.Dec.09, 23:21:51, Lukas Ruf wrote:
Dear all
Some packges, for example nano, tasksel, aptitude or
texlive-pstricks-doc, I do not want to have installed.
[...]
Is there anywhere a setting that I can make dselect and apt-get obey
to my hold-settings permanently?
You could pin
Hi,
On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 11:21 PM, Lukas Ruf r...@rawip.org wrote:
Dear all
Some packges, for example nano, tasksel, aptitude or
texlive-pstricks-doc, I do not want to have installed.
However, when I set them on hold by
echo nano hold | dpkg --set-selections
echo tasksel hold | dpkg
Did you consider using aptitude as your main package manager?? It will solve
these problems easily. I just hold packages that I need to be hold and
aptitude works great.
I dont understand why so many people today use pure apt-get for everyday
package management.
Robert.
Dne Út 29. prosince
On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 3:20 PM, Robert David robert.david.pub...@gmail.com
wrote:
I dont understand why so many people today use pure apt-get for everyday
package management.
Robert.
Probably because lots of official Debian on-line help says to use apt-get
(such as
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