On 2011-03-24, Rick Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mar 24, 2011, at 5:07 AM, Liam O'Toole wrote: --- SNIP --- >> You should get the same result if you install in one shot: >> >> aptitude install gdm fast-user-switch-applet > > > True. But how to know that? I'd need to do a detailed study of the > ramified dependencies of gdm and gdm3. All I really wanted was to > replace gdm3 with gdm. Aptitude and apt are supposed to be there to > keep me from having to understand the dependency tree in all its gory > detail.
My remark was for the benefit of those wishing to follow in your footsteps :-) > > The "." trick does the exploration for me, if I know to use it. It's > in the documentation, but it's not immediately obvious that it solves > this kind of problem. > > I hope that reporting my experiences here will raise consciousness of > the tissue, and in the future others will read this thread and learn > how to improve their user experience with Debian. Agreed. -- Liam O'Toole Cork, Ireland -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
