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Re: "char-mode"-only dist-upgrade?



On Mon, 7 Jan 2002 13:19:18 -0600
Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@home.com> wrote:
> Now, when I do an "apt-get -s dist-upgrade", it wants to install
> all of the gnome, font and a buch of other graphical stuff
> that I don't need nor have room for.

This is probably because one of the packages you have installed now
requires X. Various utilities in the 'apt' package can help you find out
which package that might be.

> Of course, man doesn't mention it, but is there some way to
> do this: "apt-get dist-upgrade --no-X", meaning that it won't
> install any GUI packages.

There is no such thing :) That's not how it works ;)

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