Re: Check Required & Relative Packages for New Packages

[joost@pc47.mpn.cp.philips.com]

On Tue, 7 Jul 1998, Alex Kwan wrote:

> If I add a new packages to my Hamm system,
> How can I checked which packages are the
> relative packages (If Required) that I needed to 
> add to my systems too.

Use dselect.

Dselect can install packages from cdrom, ftp, nfs and (floppy) disk.
You can install apt and use that as a dselect method.

Dselect shows a list with all of the available packages and lets you
select/unselect separate packages.  When there is a dependency conflict or
an unresolved dependency, dselect will warn you and help you to solve the
dependency.

You should read the help screens in dselect, because while dselect is
(IMHO) quite intuitive, its key bindings are not.  The "?" key shows you
the help though. 

There is also a dselect.beginner file at the ftp archive, in the same
directory as the installation disks.  It can probably also be found at the
www site. 

Cheers,


Joost


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