On Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 04:05:42PM +0100, peter wrote: > with "apt-get update" you receive the package informations (provided by > /etc/apt/sources.list)... > with "apt-get install <packagename>" you get the wanted packages... > but it's usefull (when dealing with woody) to use "apt-get -s install > <packagename>", > then apt-get only shows what it "would" do...
thanks, exactlly what I needed. Did not cross my mind to use apt-get at the console. I searched for an option in dselect. Nils