Re: Does apt replace dselect?
Mark Phillips wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I was under the impression that apt would replace dselect and provide a
> more user friendly package manager. But so far I've just heard about
> apt-get which sounds like just a script for installing debian packages
> directly from the net. Could someone enlighten me on the true role
> and status of apt?
Apt will eventually replace dselect, but the frontend is currently
still in development. It needs both a terminal and X-windows based
frontends.
Until that day, apt can be used in conjunction with dselect as a method.
It can also be used as a command line tool (apt-get).
If you are chomping at the bit for the dselect replacement, you can
view (and try) the gnome-apt frontend at
http://www.debian.org/~hp/gnome-apt.html
-Mitch
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