Re: Which installer? Aptitude, dselect deity...
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.
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Brian Nelson <nelson@bignachos.com>
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