On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 12:51 PM, J Phani Mahesh < [email protected]> wrote:
> > > On Monday, January 21, 2013 9:05:36 PM UTC+5:30, Alok wrote: >> >> is there any commnadline way to install ubuntu-restricted-extras from >> repository without installing ttf-mscorefonts-installer? I know graphical >> package manager can solve this problem. but I am looking for commandline way >> thank you >> > > apt-get man page states that you can forbid a package from installing and > also remove it if installed, by appending a hyphen to the package name. > > sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras ttf-mscorefonts-installer- > > should solve the issue. Since u-r-e is a meta package, and is not usually > updated, you can be sure that ttf-mscorefonts-installer will not be > delivered via an update later. > > -- > J Phani Mahesh > thanks Sharad and J. phani ...this is what exactly I was looking for :):) -- Mailing list guidelines and other related articles: http://lug-iitd.org/Footer
