Re: Why not dselect?

[Erik Steffl <steffl@bigfoot.com>]

  IMO it has one of the worst UI I've ever seen. it confused the hell
out of me when I was installing debian for the first time. that's from
the vi enthusiast:-)

  I've been using aptitude lately. I also like the X programs (there are
some gnome and kde ones) for browsing the installed packages,
unfortunately they seem to be quite unstable (crashes, some parts are
obviously not finished etc.).

  generally, I find packages using debian.org (or get name elsewhere,
like this mailing list) and install them using apt-get install
packagename.

  to update system (few times a day:-)

 apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade

  that's about it. I mostly use gui programs to browse packages I have
on my system, not to change the system.

	erik

Brian McGroarty wrote:
> 
> Humor me; I think I'm missing something and it's got me curious.
> 
> In discussions about dealing with .deb packages, apt* and dpkg are
> mentioned almost universally.
> 
> It's always been my habit to use dselect for basic installation and
> removal, leaning on apt* and dpkg for troubleshooting and extended
> information gathering.
> 
> The differentiation seems to be akin to using mutt versus piping
> things to /usr/bin/mail - you can do most basic tasks in both places,
> but mutt's presentation makes for quick work.
> 
> Why so much apt and dpkg and so little dselect?
> 
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