Re: what's the use of dselect
On Fri, 2004-02-20 at 00:13, Benedict Verheyen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I admit i'm a little confused as to what the use is of dselect when
> we have tools like aptitude and apt-get.
Obsolete?
> For the common daily use, apt-get and aptitude seem to do the job.
> The only situation i can think of where you'll need dselect is
> after a dpkg --set-selections < myselection.
For this situation, you can use to any of:
1."apt-get dselect-upgrade"
2."dselect install"
3."aptitude install"
> Why can't [you] use apt-get in this situation
you can --> 1
> is there a similar command in aptitude for
> "apt-get dselect-upgrade"?"
there is --> 3
As you say, you can do the job with apt-get and aptitude.
You never even have to type dselect anymore.
Chris
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