Sorry for a maybe stupid answer:
Use aptitude... man, 2002-12-30 kl. 17:27 skrev Roger Ward: > While trying to unselect/select a large number of packages, I have messed up > which packages dselect thinks I want installed. > > Is there a way to tell dselect to reset its changes to what is currently > installed? or a separate file for the "new" changes you make before actually > removing/installing to make those changes take effect? My system is not > unusable, but I am unable to use dselect to do anything, for fear of 6k+ > packages being installed and about 80 removed. > > Post your success/failure stories here with dselect madness. > > If you have a solution not just another question, please CC: me and the list. > > Thanks, > Roger >