Re: Which installer? Aptitude, dselect deity...

[Brian Nelson <nelson@bignachos.com>]

Jesse Goerz <jgoerz@bellsouth.net> writes:

> I learned on dselect and used it for 2 months or so because I 
> didn't even know there was a thing called apt-get.  I have long 
> forgotten how to use dselect :).  Use apt-get, to find out more 
> information on a package, like what is suggested and recommended 
> check out the package you wish to install at:
> http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages
> 
> I had been using this method for about a year before I even 
> learned of apt-cache search, et all.
> 
> If you install a program and it's missing a feature, check for 
> suggests and recommends, that almost always fixed what I thought 
> was "broken."

All the more reason to use dselect instead, though it's overly
persistent about recommends.

-- 
Brian Nelson <nelson@bignachos.com>