IMHO, your best bet is to install "aptitude." Aptitude will manage all the upgradeable packages in a single instance for you if you choose that route. It's on the ISO disk. Do apt-get -u install aptitude.
On Wed, 2003-11-26 at 09:29, Dr. Sharukh K. R. Pavri. wrote: > I am a former RedHat user and now want to try out Debian. I have dabbled in > debian before but have always messed up, usually in the installation > (using dselect). Plus, I only got kde 2.2 even after I updated the woody > install. This time I decided I would rough it out :). > > After reading up on the net, I did just a base install of woody, then ran > the go-woody script so that I would be able to download and use more > recent software (like kde 3.1.4 as in knoppix.). > > I now have a base install of testing (I think). I have cable internet (but > a limited download allowance) and would like to have a proper debian > system with X window system and kde. What is the way to go ? should I > fire up tasksel and let the system download the software ? Or should I go > with apt-get'ing the individual softwares and let apt manage the > dependencies ? > > > regards, > > Sharukh. > -- > Dr. Sharukh K. R. Pavri Homeopath and Linuxer. > Mumbai, India. http://www.pavri.net/ > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
