Re: dpkg

[lina <lina.lastname@gmail.com>]

On Friday 24,August,2012 12:41 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> 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)

I tried
# dpkg --get-selections | sed 's/deinstall/install/g' | dpkg
--set-selections

Now all shows me install. even the former few ones shows me uninstall.

> 
> Kind regards,
> Andrei