On Thursday 20 December 2001 13:01, you wrote: [...]
> > dpkg is the original tool and still the underlying one. When it was first > written the common usage was using dselect to find and install packages and > dpkg was there when you needed to hand hold the system. > > dpkg mostly queries what is actually on your system. apt is a fetch tool > and thus knows about what is out there to be retrieved. > > You really need to think of apt like a web browser. It knows how to show > you what is out there and let you download it. Hi Sean, how does those tools should be used then? presently, if I want to find out application XYZ is available I "dpkg -l '*XYZ*'" and check the result. if i want something from the list, i then "apt-get XYZ-whatever" thanks -- Billy Nadeau - [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Fingerprint 1702 404D 2F63 A799 B5A2 00A1 B362 C7BF 7325 8634
