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Re: dselect survey



On Thursday 09 December 2004 06:35 pm, Bernd Eckenfels wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 09, 2004 at 10:27:50PM +0000, Roger Lynn wrote:
> > The last time I used aptitude (about six months ago, from Testing), I
> > found it difficult to specify how I wanted dependencies
>
> You  just use "g" and resolve the dependencies? (Kind of same as in
> dselect)

  If you want to find alternatives for a virtual package, you can use 'd' and 
'r' to navigate the dependency lists.  It's not as convenient as dselect, but 
it works.

  Daniel

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