Re: [SLUG] Question on Debian and apt-get

From: A2L1 (A2L1@gte.net)
Date: Fri Mar 21 2003 - 10:30:38 EST


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Depending on your sources list and how many different sources you have the amt
of data will vary but if you use a graphical client like synaptic it will
list in order every package available on all the sources available in your
lists then you simply pick and choose. There is a very large list available
at http://www.apt-get.org/ these are all "unofficial" but are mostly
provided by the developers or avid groups( just add which ones you want to
your sources list) . You can always check the signatures if you wish.

         A J

On Friday 21 March 2003 06:15, you wrote:
> Is it possible to get a list of packages available for install? Say I
> want to list all the packages for vim. I know dselect does this but for
> some reason everytime I use dselect I trash my system. It seems dselect
> remembers things longer than I do. I had install xfree 3.3 and along 4.1
> and decided to uninstall xfree 3.3 well dselect uninstalled everything
> associated with X for some reason. I couldn't figure out how to restore
> everything because the xfree 3.3 was no longer showing up, so I
> reinstalled for the 8th time. I'm bound and determined to get a working
> debian system. The other think with dselect. I wish there was away in
> dselect to list what it thinks it's going to do before you tell it to
> install.
>
>
> With Redhat I could while in a console use the mouse to select text on
> the screen and paste to the command line. How can I do this with Debian?
>
> Thanks
> Mike M.
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