Right on thanks for the cues.On Sun, 8 Feb 2004, Kenny Hitt wrote: > Hi. Forget is used to "forget new packages". If you run stable, it > isn't useful for much. On an unstable system, packages added to Debian > since the last time you did an apt-get update or an aptitude update show > up in a new packages group. > I always make sure to read the screen before I confirm I really want > aptitude to continue installing or removing packages. It sometimes does > unexpected things. When it decides to remove something important, just > schrole down to the package name and change it back with + or - > before I let aptitude continue. Also, the leter g is a shortcut for > install/remove. > > Hope this helps. > Kenny > > On Sun, Feb 08, 2004 at 09:38:00AM -0700, Scott Berry wrote: > > Here is what I do Janina. I use a program called Aptitude. In this app > > you can actually go under installed applications and then pick the > > particular subcategory like docs electronics or games and then you > > choose the one you want to remove if you like. the way to remove the > > package is to highlight the name of the package with the cursor and then > > hit the dash key on the top of the keyboard and this tells Aptitude to > > remove the package. Then when you are actually ready to do the true > > remove just hit the f10 key and enter on install/uninstall which is the > > top object. Then you must hit f10 one more time I think this is a > > security feature so you don't actually remove something you don't want > > to remove. There is also a f for forget package but haven't > > successfully gotten this to work when removing packages. What this does > > is simply delete the package from the list as long as it is highlighted > > I believe. I haven't read much of the docs on this it was pretty simple > > to get going so I have been a touch lazzy about reading the docs.On Sun, 8 > > Feb 2004, Janina Sajka wrote: > > > > > How do I get a list of all the packages currently installed on a Debian > > > system? I only want to see what's actually installed at a given moment. > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Janina Sajka > > > Email: janina at rednote.net > > > Phone: +1 (202) 408-8175 > > > > > > Director, Technology Research and Development > > > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > > http://www.afb.org > > > > > > Chair, Accessibility Work Group > > > Free Standards Group > > > http://a11y.org > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
