Sorry for the long delay in response.
Olivier Delemar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Le ven 16 fév 2001 à 10:46:50 -0700, Randolph Chung écrivait :
> > ok, i'm very confused about all the "equations". the only thing tasksel
> > does is mark packages for install by apt. what i'd suggest is that, from
> > a clean install, run tasksel -riq manually, select the task you want to
> > install, and then run apt-get install and send the output to the BTS.
>
> Excuse me but I don't understand what I should do. Tasksel
> tels:
>
> tasksel [options]; where options is any combination of:
> ...
> -q -- queue installs; do not install packages with apt-get;
> just queue them in dpkg
> -r -- install all required-priority packages
> -i -- install all important-priority packages
> ...
>
> and when I run "tasksel -riq", nothing happens, whichever package I
> select.
Yes, that's called 'queue' mode. There is something happening, it's
setting the selections for installation.
> In addition, "apt-get install" requires at least one package
> name as an argument. Which one should I give on the command line?
Hmm.... sorry. It's either 'apt-get -f install' or perhaps 'apt-get
dselect-upgrade' ?
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