[linux-help] Re: apt-get/dpkg question

["Benjamin F. Bunck" <bbunck@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tom,

dselect worked great.  I also noticed that after using dselect "update", I 
was able to issue the command "dpkg -l *kde*", and it had the effect that I 
originally expected it to.  However, I think I'll probably use dselect from 
now on.  It's kind of handy being able to browse packages and descriptions 
interactively.  

Thanks,
Ben


On Tuesday 03 July 2001 11:44 am, you wrote:
> On Tue, 3 Jul 2001, Benjamin F. Bunck wrote:
> > Well, my home computer is off right now, and I won't be able to get to it
> > until this evening, but basically, my /etc/apt/sources.list looks like
> > this:
> >
> > ______________________________________________________
> > #
> > #
> > # <various comments made in the default file>
> > #
> > #
> >
> > #<comment>
> > < here are the sources that were added during the installation,  things
> > like < "deb http://http.debian...."; etc.  Everything seems to be working
> > here, as < far as I know.
> >
> > #KDE2
> > deb ftp://kde.debian.net/pub/kde potato main crypto
> > _______________________________________________________
> >
> >
> > Again, it looks like apt-get can find the packages that I know are part
> > of kde2, like kdebase, but I can't find them when I search through the
> > database using "dpkg -l *kde*" or something similar.
>
>       Dear Ben:
>
>       dpkg -l just lists the installed packages.  What you probably need
> to do is run dselect.  If you have never used it, it can be tricky.
> First choose (A)ccess, under that menu choose APT, if it isn't chosen
> already.  Then use (U)pdate which will scan your sources.  Then use
> (S)elect.  Select is the most difficult part of dselect, but if you are
> looking for kde stuff just keep paging through the screens of packages.
> If you find what you want, press + to add it to the list of packages.
> dselect may take you into various package conflict/dependancies resolution
> subscreens which look a lot like the main select screen.  Normally you can
> get past these by pressing enter.  Then once you have your packages
> selected with + (which will change the prefix on them to __*) hit enter
> one more time in the main select screen.  This will take you to (I)nstall,
> where you press enter again and it downloads and installs all selected
> packages.  Then you can quickly go through Config, Remove, and Quit.
> Config and Remove shouldn't have any work to do because apt is smart
> enough to do their work for them.
>
>       dselect is a Debian user's best friend once you get to know it.
> It beats typing in all those memorable dpkg commands.  It might be
> possible to use an apt command line to do this work too, but I know
> dselect better and (IMHO) I think dselect is better tool for installing
> large subsystems.  I have seen Debian systems that seem to have broken/not
> installed packages and dselect was able to fix them.  Hope this helps!
>
>               Good Luck!
>
>               Tom Wallis
>
>  > > Ben
> >
> > On Tuesday 03 July 2001 10:15 am, you wrote:
> > > could you post your /etc/apt/sources.list
> > >
> > > On Mon, 2 Jul 2001, Benjamin Bunck wrote:
> > > > I'm trying to install KDE2 on a debian machine and I've run into
> > > > something a little strange.  I've added a source for the KDE2
> > > > binaries to my /etc/apt/sources.list file, and have run "apt-get
> > > > update" to re-retrieve the package files.
> > > >
> > > > If I then go on to run something like "apt-get install kdebase", I
> > > > meet the usual, "you need these dependencies..." stuff, and it looks
> > > > like it's going to work (and I assume it will).  However, when I run
> > > > "dpkg -l *kde*", none of the KDE2 files are found.  Any ideas?  Do
> > > > apt-get/dpkg look in different places for the package database?  Is
> > > > there a way to search the packages with apt-get (I couldn't find one
> > > > in the man page...)
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Ben
> > > >
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