Re: no x version
On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 03:47:52PM -0500, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
> If you specifically don't want any X, I suggest strongly that you use
> aptitude interactively so that you can go back and forth if you choose
> something that wants to drag in X.
Nothing against doing it that way (interactively), but when running
aptitude or apt-get on the command line you also get a very complete list
of what actions will be taken, and can cancel the install and try again.
To make sure that it (apt-get or aptitude) isn't going to go ahead and do
the install/remove/whatever anyway, I usually use the -s (or -simulate)
option before running the "live" command.
I never have understood the reasons (haven't checked very hard), but it
seems like apt-get normally gives an "are you sure?" prompt before doing
the action, but sometimes it just goes ahead and does it. Perhaps the
no-prompt behavior is automatic if there aren't many/any dependencies
to be hauled in or removed. I don't have enough time on aptitude to
know whether it does the same.
Ken
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Ken Irving, fnkci+debianuser@uaf.edu
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