Mumia W.. wrote:
On 05/15/2008 07:29 PM, Celejar wrote:Nitpick - the apt-get command doesn't need to be run as superuser if it's just printing uris.:-O Why you're right!Now I might be able to use apt-get to experiment with potential changes without damaging the system. Thanks.
actually you can do: apt-get <install or dist-upgrade> --dry-runand it will show you exactly what will happen. since i have started using aptitude for my package manager i now try to use:
aptitude --simulate install foo of course all this is done with the 'sudo' command. -- Arrant Drivel - really, it's just trash... http://www.arrantdrivel.com/