Jesse Goerz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I learned on dselect and used it for 2 months or so because I > didn't even know there was a thing called apt-get. I have long > forgotten how to use dselect :). Use apt-get, to find out more > information on a package, like what is suggested and recommended > check out the package you wish to install at: > http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages > > I had been using this method for about a year before I even > learned of apt-cache search, et all. > > If you install a program and it's missing a feature, check for > suggests and recommends, that almost always fixed what I thought > was "broken."
All the more reason to use dselect instead, though it's overly persistent about recommends. -- Brian Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
