Re: A simple problem with dselect ...
Nebu John Mathai <mathai@ecf.utoronto.ca> writes this day 25 Feb 98:
> I tried to remove a package and under "Select..." selected to remove the
> package. Then I went to "Remove..." and dselect removed almost every
> package I had installed since the beginning (including the one I had
> asked it for).
>
> I know I'm doing something stupid ... I just don't know what it is.
It's not your stupidity but the computer's, or rather its lack of
a sense of context for your request.
The remove command removes all selected programs.
The install command installs all selected programs AND removes programs
currently installed that have been deselected by the user.
Therefore to remove *one* package only, deselect that one package and
choose *install*. This makes sense but only if you think like a computer.
Regards,
Richard B. Talley <olny@nmia.com>
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