Dale Scheetz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: : On Wed, 14 Feb 1996, Richard Kaszeta wrote:
: > Dale wrote : > > : > >---------------------- From there, if you use dselect, it will help : > >with the interdependancies and should provide you with as complete a : > >system as you desire. : > : > A problem here is that the first time a user is presented with : > 'dselect' after an installation it can be a wee bit intimidating (it : > intimidates me and I've been using Debian a long time), enough so that : > I still use dpkg in preference to dselect... Anyone out there know : > anything about good interface design? ( I unfortunately don't ) : > : Well, although I agree with you somewhat (I'm somewhat of a control : freak, so I use dpkg also). The major reason that I can see for working : through all of the selection screens in dselect is that it DOES do a : great job on the dependancy/conflicts issues. The original questioner : seemed to have real problems with this issue so would probably be more : comfortable with dselect. On the other hand, someone pointed out that all : that info is in the Packages file, so, some paper and pencil and a little : planning and you could do the same job with dpkg. I am the original questioner and that dpkg sounds great. I am really intimidated by complicated screen interfaces with unpredictable consequences ( I screwed up at least 3 installation not counting the times I simply aborted dselect since I could not figure out how to convince that beast to install the package I needed). I am very comfortable with all sorts of command line utilities. Thanks for the tip.
