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Re: aptitude cancel actions



On Sun, 8 Apr 2007 11:30:15 -0400
Michael Pobega <pobega@gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Sun, Apr 08, 2007 at 11:01:45AM -0400, Mark Grieveson wrote:
> > Hi.  I'm wondering how, via the keyboard, I can select "Actions", and
> > then select "Cancel pending actions", when running aptitude.  I've only
> > been able to select this using a mouse.
> > 
> > Mark
> > 
> > 
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> 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?
> 
> Well you could always use Aptitude at the console, 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>
> 
> 
> If neither of these are what you were asking maybe you should elaborate.
> I just assumed you meant you wanted Aptitude to act like Synaptic.

'Cancel pending actions' is a legitimate aptitude option; it's often
useful if you've marked some installs / upgrades / removals and then
change your mind.

Celejar



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