Re: [PLUG] debian dpkg questions: copying and holding

sean finney <seanius@seanius.net> · Thu, 28 Nov 2002 11:38:30 -0500

On Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 11:20:57AM -0500, Mike Leone wrote:
> I don't follow .. if I do this, then what do I do to install it all, if this
> doesn't install the selections? Do I do a apt-get -f install? 

apt-get dselect-upgrade is what does that iirc.  dpkg --[sg]et-selections
is used to modify what's sort of the requested status for a package,
and apt-get dselect-upgrade uses those settings as a reference for
deciding what to install and remove.

	sean