Re: dselect and apt-get
On Tue, Sep 19, 2000 at 02:37:34PM +1000, paul@netwise.net.au wrote:
> I've made heavy use of apt-get to install packages as needed. While this is
> great it does require me to know or find out the package name, or is there a
> better way?
I don't know if this is a better way or not, but I usually just look it up
on the Debian packages site. I should bookmark the page, I use it so much.
Especially when you don't know what you're looking for (a free replacement for
XV, for instance. I settled on qiv, but if anyone's got a better choice, I'd
love to hear it!).
> From time to time I drop in to dselect to be able to search and find
> packages, but if I try to select and install from dselect the selections are
> not on par to additions made via apt-get. Is there a way to sync the two, or
> am I just doing things the hard way?
To be honest, after I started getting the hang of apt-get, I never even thought
about dselect again. It just takes too long to sort through the stuff.
I am far from an expert at this, but this is what I've found works for me.
HTH.
Adam
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