Re: package upgrading issue

1999-01-13 Thread Paul Miller
Deepak Nulu wrote: > > Hi, > > I had the same problem. I wanted to get a package > from the FTP site that was not on my CD and did not > know how to make dselect load just the package I > was interested in. I tried to unselect everything This I believe is not possible. You should use the dpkg co

Re: package upgrading issue

1999-01-12 Thread Mark Brown
On Mon, Jan 11, 1999 at 11:12:50PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Using dselect I ftped in wanting to get an upgraded package list for potato. > ( most of my system is stable) > I prefer to at least look at the packages in dselect because it will inform > me of any required dependences even

Re: package upgrading issue

1999-01-12 Thread Deepak Nulu
Hi, I had the same problem. I wanted to get a package from the FTP site that was not on my CD and did not know how to make dselect load just the package I was interested in. I tried to unselect everything from the topmost section, but it did not work. I read in one of the help files that any opera

package upgrading issue

1999-01-12 Thread tjm1
I am sure that is some ways this problem is the result of my own inexperience, or that it may in fact already be addressed in the successor to dselect. However, I feel I should mention it in any case. Using dselect I ftped in wanting to get an upgraded package list for potato. ( most of my sys