Re: Which installer? Aptitude, dselect deity...
On Thursday 08 November 2001 00:31, Brian Nelson wrote:
> Jesse Goerz <jgoerz@bellsouth.net> writes:
> > 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.
I'd say that it's a good reason NOT to use dselect, install what you need &
use and only what you need & use. dselect also has this anoying tendancy to
blowaway packages when you've built your own dependecy for some reason.
Ani
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