[Gllug] dselect problems

[mriscott at yahoo.co.uk]

Thanks Bruce.

I am using potato - I've currently only got the single-CD distro.

I'm not to keen on apt-getting loads via my 56k modem!

I'll have a look into dpkg and see if that does what I want.

Ian

> 
> > I wondered if there was any way to get dselect to tell you what it was about
> > to do before it started to remove packages (similar to what it does on
> > install). I had a look at the manpage and the on-line help, but I couldn't
> > find anything - am I just being dense?
> 
> Are you using Potato or Woody?  If the latter, switch to aptitude.  Much
> better interface.
> 
> In either case, when you mark a package for removal, any packages that
> depend on it will be flagged up.  In dselect this means that if you exit
> the package selection level, you will find yourself in a further package
> selection level where you need to either assent to the suggested changes
> or make your own set of new selections and deselections to resolve
> things.  If that creates further conflicts you will find yourself in
> another set of screens and so on, until there are no remaining
> ambiguities..
> 
> If dselect is trying to uninstall things or install things unbidden,
> this is the result of other, previous selections in previous dselect or
> apt-get operations.  The Debian package database keeps a record of the
> desired state of packages as well as their actual state.
> 
> So if, for example, you had previously made some selections/deselections
> in dselect and exited without putting them into action, they will wait
> patiently for the next time you go into dselect and choose the Install
> option.
> 
> So you need to go back to the Selection screen in dselect and look at
> the requested states as well as the action state.
> 
> Alternatively, you could do
> 
> 	dpkg --get-selections > selections
> 
> edit the results to match what you want and then
> 
> 	dpkg --set-selections < selections
> 
> Or use aptitude, which makes it much easier to browse the package lists.
>
> -- 
> Bruce
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