On Fri, 2004-02-20 at 00:13, Benedict Verheyen wrote: > Hi, > > I admit i'm a little confused as to what the use is of dselect when > we have tools like aptitude and apt-get.
Obsolete? > For the common daily use, apt-get and aptitude seem to do the job. > The only situation i can think of where you'll need dselect is > after a dpkg --set-selections < myselection. For this situation, you can use to any of: 1."apt-get dselect-upgrade" 2."dselect install" 3."aptitude install" > Why can't [you] use apt-get in this situation you can --> 1 > is there a similar command in aptitude for > "apt-get dselect-upgrade"?" there is --> 3 As you say, you can do the job with apt-get and aptitude. You never even have to type dselect anymore. Chris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
