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Re: dpkg



On Vi, 24 aug 12, 00:31:23, lina wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I read the man dpkg,
> 
> and didn't think too much, just tried the
> 
>   dpkg --clear-selections
> 
> and then the dpkg --get-selections shows
> 
> root@Debian:/home/lina# dpkg --get-selections | grep deinstall | wc -l
> 2991
> root@Debian:/home/lina# dpkg --get-selections | grep  " install" | wc -l
> 0
> 
> I feel I am in trouble again, don't know how to recover/restore.
> kinda of very silly though, but is it very dangerous?

Let's see what apt/itude thinks of this. Please post the output of 

    apt-get install -s

and

    aptitude install -s

(-s stands for 'simulate' for both apt-get and aptitude)

Kind regards,
Andrei
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