On Sat, 23 Jun 2001 17:30:05 EDT, Kevin Stokes wrote: > I've got a newbie problem with DSelect. When I choose 'Select' browse > the packages, there are about 100 things selected to be installed that are > not currently installed, and I don't want. When I try to press the '-' key > to not select them, many of them give me crap about dependencies. It would > take me hours to go through them all. My number one priority is to not > screw up my system. How can I clear the whole list to the machine's > current install state so I can select only the one tiny package I want? > > In the end I used apt-get to get what I wanted. But I won't be able to > use DSelect until I figure this out. Any help would be appreciated. >
Dselect tends to be a little troublesome about "reccomends" and "suggests". I'd reccomend that you use aptitude to browse the package list, as I've had fewer problems with dependancy tie-ups than I've had with dselect. I've never really liked dselect because of the way it handles "suggests" but there are some who prefer it. -ptw -- Paul T. Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -currently seeking employment-