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Re: Install manual organization



> Hi,
> 
>> Chris Tillman <toff@Obsession.onshored.com> writes:
>> 
>> > 7.30 Advanced Package Selection with dselect
>> > (new) Package Installation from the Command Line
>
> I suppose this is about using apt to install packages, right?
> Perhaps there should be a small note in there that apt can't handle
> Recommends: and Suggests:, and dselect is still the preferred package
> selection utility for daily (non-installer) use.
>
> I have seen in local newsgroups things that didn't work the way people
> expected (they didn't break, but lacked some extra functionality in most
> cases) just because they only used apt-get.
>

That's good information. I'll put this off until later.

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