Re: upgrade to xfree 4.0.x

[Nils Crefeld <nilscrefeld@gmx.de>]

On Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 04:05:42PM +0100, peter wrote:
> with "apt-get update" you receive the package informations (provided by 
> /etc/apt/sources.list)...
> with "apt-get install <packagename>" you get the wanted packages...
> but it's usefull (when dealing with woody) to use "apt-get -s install 
> <packagename>",
> then apt-get only shows what it "would" do...

thanks, exactlly what I needed. Did not cross my mind to use apt-get at the console. I searched for an option in dselect.

Nils