-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 03/09/08 17:01, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Sun, Mar 09, 2008 at 01:52:50PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: >> On 03/09/08 13:40, Mitchell Laks wrote: > >>> I use apt not aptitude ( :( ). I am used to it. >>> When I try to do >>> apt-get install linux-image-2.6 it tell me that it is a virtual package >>> provided by (the long list of packages). >>> " You should explicitly select one to install ". >>> >>> It does not give me the option of selecting the virtual package.... >>> >>> I did apt-get dist-upgrade and then explicitly installed the >>> linux-image-2.6.18-6-486 to get upgraded. >>> >>> Is there some way to get the virtual package loaded using apt >>> so that the security kernel upgrade will be automatic? >> Every time I see that kind of message, I just pick the "real" base >> package that I want. > > So does this mean that those metapackages don't work for users of > apt-get?
I guess it depends on how the package is designed. Packages like xutils and texlive work how I expect them to, though. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA "The kniiife..., the kniiife... The life of the wife is ended by the kni-ife." Stewie Griffin & Eliza Pinchley -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFH1JVQS9HxQb37XmcRAlrNAJsGZ+BNKK58EU9FgpIVEwAPRuX0ewCgj8TU moqdPjXvJegI1brBs0qv/UA= =98xs -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
