Re: aptitude cancel actions
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On Sun, Apr 08, 2007 at 01:12:12PM -0400, Mark Grieveson wrote:
>
> > I don't understand what you mean. You want to tell Aptitude to do a
> > bunch of stuff, and then tell it to not do it?
>
> I change my mind occasionally, yes.
>
Then your best bet would be the Aptitude ncurses interface.
> > Well you could always use Aptitude at the console,
>
> Unless I'm having problems with X, and boot into my computer in single
> user mode as root for maintenance.
>
Does ncurses not work in single user mode? Passing just the command
'aptitude' at any console (TTY1, xterm, ssh) should give a curses
interface.
> > it has a ncurses interface. Just mark the packages you want for
> > installation and quit the program without doing anything (Or run it
> > as non-root, you definitely won't break anything that way).
>
> > Or you could use aptitude's dry-run option, as follows:
>
> > $ aptitude --simulate install <whatever>
>
> I suppose that's an option. Again, I'm just curious if what is
> possible with a mouse is also possible via the keyboard. I have found
> it useful to be able to change my mind and cancel pending actions.
> I've only been able to choose this command with the mouse. So, simply
> put, can this command be done with the keyboard?
>
Again, your best bet would be the ncurses interface. You choose from a
list what to install (Using the class vi hotkeys to search/parse), and
you can toggle what's being installed/uninstalled before it happens. Of
course, this is probably a bit more restrictive than Synaptic/any other
graphical implementation of APT, as is any console program to their
graphical counterpart.
If you're stuck in a terminal on a broken system though, you should be
able to fix the system up to a point where you can use Synaptic quite
easily with minimal hassle, if that's what you're worried about.
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