Barry Tennison wrote: > Tobias Frost wrote: > > As a suggestion, look into "aptitude". aptitude has the advantage, that > > it will show you what it does, and especially for a beginner it might be > > helpful to see the consquences / dependencies of some packages. Aptitude > > is a little slow on arm, at least with its default configuration. > > Agreed wholeheartedly. Do use aptitude, Andrew: it takes a bit of > learning, but then it's a wonderfully flexible tool that works well even > if your system is minimal or gets quite broken. And it's a mainstay > workhorse in everyday situations like wanting to install a new package > or two, or see what will happen if you update things.
Sorry to barge into this conversation, but I was wondering if you maybe could share a few tips about how to configure aptitude on an NSLU2 so it's not unbearably slow. As it is, it takes several minutes for me to start (i.e. until I can actually work with it) and moving the cursor around the list takes about a second per line... :( I'd really love to use aptitude, but until it gets faster somehow I'll have to keep using aptsh... -- Kurt Bernhard Pruenner --- Haendelstrasse 17 --- 4020 Linz --- Austria .......It might be written "Mindfuck", but it's spelt "L-A-I-N"....... np: Luomo - The Right Wing (Vocalcity) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
