Wichert Akkerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Previously Dan Christensen wrote: >> I would find it quite useful to have a command (foo, say) so that >> if I have package1 and package3 installed, and I do: >> >> apt-get foo package1 package2 package3 >> >> then only package1 and package3 get installed [plus any new dependencies], >> but nothing happens to package2. > > Sounds like: > > apt-get install package1 package3 > > which does exactly what you describe.
I want to use the same command line on several machines which have different packages installed, and only cause already-installed packages to be affected. I don't want to manually change the command line, since I cut and paste it. Dan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
