Re: no .info info on info (was Re: dselect fun)

2013-02-01 Thread wes davidson
I was speaking about the integrated aptitude help page, which is using exactly same interface as info. ah, now i understand. at least, i think i do. i'm assuming by exactly the same interface you mean they both take input from and provide output to a terminal? since that describes

Re: no .info info on info (was Re: dselect fun)

2013-01-29 Thread Morel Bérenger
Le Dim 27 janvier 2013 17:02, wes davidson a écrit : hi morel. you wrote: Note: I did not read the info page of aptitude. i think perhaps there does not exist such a document for aptitude. if i am wrong about this, i would be grateful to learn where it can be obtained. Hum... maybe not

Re: no .info info on info (was Re: dselect fun)

2013-01-28 Thread Brian
On Sun 27 Jan 2013 at 11:02:22 -0500, wes davidson wrote: hi morel. you wrote: I do not like info at all: this is a software which pretends to help you, but you have to learn how it works before being able to use it. when i first read a unix man page twenty years ago, i had a rather

no .info info on info (was Re: dselect fun)

2013-01-27 Thread wes davidson
the notice didn't you?' `Yes,' said Arthur, `yes I did. It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying BEWARE OF THE LEOPARD.' On 2013-01-27 in 'dselect fun', berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Note: I did

Re: dselect fun

2013-01-26 Thread berenger . morel
Le 24.01.2013 22:01, Richard Owlett a écrit : Chris Bannister wrote: On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 09:54:17AM +, Darac Marjal wrote: chime in with a reminder that dselect is considered discouraged these days. It's spiritual successor (a TUI interface to apt) is now aptitude. That depends on

Re: dselect fun

2013-01-24 Thread Richard Owlett
Chris Bannister wrote: On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 09:54:17AM +, Darac Marjal wrote: chime in with a reminder that dselect is considered discouraged these days. It's spiritual successor (a TUI interface to apt) is now aptitude. That depends on who you ask. For newbies, I certainly wouldn't

Re: dselect fun

2013-01-23 Thread Darac Marjal
On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 04:49:04PM -0800, Arne de Boer wrote: sudo bash apt-get install dpkg dselect dpkg --get-selections /root/dpkglistOK dselect mess around ;-) when finished: dpkg --set-selections /root/dpkglistOK I'm not entirely sure if this message was supposed to be in

Re: dselect fun

2013-01-23 Thread Chris Bannister
On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 09:54:17AM +, Darac Marjal wrote: chime in with a reminder that dselect is considered discouraged these days. It's spiritual successor (a TUI interface to apt) is now aptitude. That depends on who you ask. For newbies, I certainly wouldn't recommend dselect, but if

dselect fun

2013-01-22 Thread Arne de Boer
sudo bash apt-get install dpkg dselect dpkg --get-selections /root/dpkglistOK dselect mess around ;-) when finished: dpkg --set-selections /root/dpkglistOK -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact