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Re: Stop dselect installing packages



On Tue, Feb 05, 2002 at 10:09:37PM -0600, Mark Lanett wrote:
> Or don't use dselect. Just quit from it after installing, and use apt-get
> afterwards.

apt-get isn't a complete replacement, as it was never intended to be a
user's one and only package management frontend. For one, it doesn't
understand the Recommends: and Suggests: fields, by design. I believe
aptitude does, though.

-- 
Colin Watson                                  [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]



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