Re: (etch) Using aptitude after using dselect - any issues?

From: Mumia W.. <paduille.4061.mumia.w+nospam(at)earthlink.net>
Date: Sat Oct 06 2007 - 20:07:43 EDT

On 10/06/2007 11:24 AM, Márcio H. Parreiras wrote:

> On 10/6/07, Martin Waller  wrote:

>> Hello,
>>
>> Is it safe to switch to using aptititude as my package manager after
>> having used dselect up to now?
>>
>> Thnaks,
>>
>> Martin
>>

> Sure, aptitude is a better tool than dselect. >

That's true, but that wasn't what he asked. Martin wanted to know if it is safe to use aptitude after having used dselect up to now, and the answer is "no"--unless certain steps are taken in aptitude.

I think those steps are to find out what aptitude wants to uninstall automatically and to perform "unmarkauto" on those packages.

Aptitude's interactive interface is very useful for this. Martin would want to get aptitude to the point where it does not want install or uninstall anything automatically. After aptitude is satisfied with the current system, it's probably safe to start using aptitude regularly.

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Received on Sat Oct 6 20:13:26 2007