Re: Restore the STATUS file
Raffaele Sandrini wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> As i said, i'm new to debian. I tried lots of things. I have done lots of
> shit with dselect.
I don't have a clue what "tried lots of things" or "done lots of shit" means, but
was one of the "done lots of shit" things reading the help pages of dselect which
explain how to put packages on hold by using "="
> Is there a command, wich sets the status of the files
> appropriate to my system. For example i have now lots of deps. The lodaer want
> that i download 350MB (!!!!!)
Since you say download I'm assuming you're getting you files via a modem?
> I don't want these files.
The loader (dselect) wants to download them because you have somehow selected
them for loading on your system. The list could help you easier if we knew how
you selected so many packages?
> So perhaps is there
> a command wich sets the status to installed for all my installed packages
> and to not installed for all other packages
All installed packages should already be set to installed. However your problem
may be that you have selected a very large number of packages and none of them
will be installed until they are all downloaded. That would mean that you (as you
say above) have lots of deps, but it would also mean that none of them are
installed.
I'd put all the packages that you don't need immediately on hold ( = ) and then
start downloading and installing a few at at time. Starting with the most
important ones.
Once they're installed and deleted, download the next most important group of
packages by changing hold to install (see help)
Good Luck
John
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