Re: Alternative to dselect?
Kent Nyberg wrote:
> When i installed debian slink last week all i did was select the
> "preselected packages" for a normal computer with gcc, X and those things.
> What is so hard about that?
> And when i wanted to install something.. like aumix, i just ran apt-get
> install aumix from the cdrom.
> I do not realy see the hardness in those things..
>
> For a beginner who do not know a bit on unix programs.. those
> "preselected" things are probably the best thing.
>
> Go ahead and ask a windows geek if he/she would prefer <cut>
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Hummmmm! Isn't that an oxymoron? ;-)
Seriously though the dselect/apt option is about as powerful as it comes. It would save
a beginner a lot of time if he/she learned it well. You can remove, add, and upgrade
as many packages as you want at the same time. If you have trouble with downloading and
only get part of each file downloaded, It doesn't care. It picks up where it left off.
If you update the packages list halfway through the process, no problem. Dselect/apt
knows what is already downloaded and works from there. If you change your mind halfway
through an upgrade you can put as many packages on hold as you like and dselect/apt
completes the upgrade on the remainder.
Dselect/apt is GOD (whooops.. make that deity) ;-)
John
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