On Fri, 27 Apr 2001, larry a price wrote:
> actually apt-get is what dselect uses to calculate dependencies,
> if you try to install say mozilla without installing X it will tell you
> that it needs to install 12 dozen packages wit it, if you remove a package for
> libc for instnce it wants to remove everything that needs it.
Just b/c a program has a UI doesn't mean that it is "nice",
or that it's intuitive... you had to read the man page or otherwise to
learn to use apt-get, right? So dselect has this great documentation too,
but I notice that it also lets me _scroll_. Maybe this is something that
hardcore linux oldtimers scoff at, but I like it. Usually just keep
pressing <enter>, just like the rest of the debian install process.
btw, I now have the installation up to about 1 gig. This is with an
_extensive_ set of extras, a year's worth of rainy days, intensives, and
also reference material. On most other distro's (like suse, mandrake,
& redhat) I used up about 3 gig to achieve this. Of course, it's more
limited, but I've got what _I_ want, with less fluff.
cheerio
ben
