Re: Difference between dpkg and other installs
On Wed, Sep 29, 1999 at 03:25:28PM -0500, Steve Doerr wrote:
> Could anyone help me with the difference between dpkg and other
> installs. I have installed netscape and wp8 w/o using dselect.
> Should everything be installed through dpkg to get the cleanest
> Debian system or does it matter? I also need JDK 1.1 and
> PostGresql 6.5 or greater and I don't want to create conflicts
> with libraries (i.e. libpgsql) that won't be identified outside
> of dselect. I don't think either of the above has the package
> info needed to APT them, so they'll have to go on manually
> (unless somebody can point me to some documentation on how to
> run anything through dselect). Any insight would be greatly
> appreciated.
> Thank you
>
>
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dselect and apt are "frontends" to dpkg --- they look different and
have different options, but when you actually start installing the
programs with them (beginning with the "Reading database..." part of
the output), that's where they've called dpkg to do that work for
them. In addition, all of these guys are aware of Debian's
dependencies. Isn't that nifty?
Rob
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E Pluribus Unix
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