Re: question on "dselect"
On Monday 30 June 2003 12:02, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 29, 2003 at 10:16:00AM +0800, Terence Ng wrote:
> > I did not select any package using "dselect". But when I select
> > "install" in "dselect", there is a bunch of packages requested to be
> > installed. Why?
>
> dselect installs any 'Priority: standard' and higher packages that it
> hasn't seen before by default. It may also be pulling in packages
> mentioned in Recommends: that apt-get didn't spot.
there is a shortcut (I think it's "D", it's been a while since I've used
dselect) to switch to "directly requested" mode.
Bye
--
Haim
Reply to: