On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 07:31:21AM -0500, Preston Boyington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > actually you can do: > > apt-get <install or dist-upgrade> --dry-run > > and it will show you exactly what will happen. since i have started > using aptitude for my package manager i now try to use: > > aptitude --simulate install foo > > of course all this is done with the 'sudo' command.
There's no need to run "aptitude -s" as a superuser, and I would recommend against it in order to avoid accidental slipups... Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
