On 05/29/2022 09:31 PM, David wrote:
On Mon, 30 May 2022 at 01:28, Richard Owlett <rowl...@cloud85.net> wrote:
berenger.mo...@neutralite.org responded with a discussion about using
aptitude's visual mode.
That has multiple problems:
1. My original goal description was inadequate.
2. My target environment has changed.
3. From his description I don't completely grok how to use aptitude's
visual mode. The man page is not helpful as it is not intended to
be a tutorial but more a reference work to refresh the memory of
one already familiar with a specific tool. I searched for a
tutorial covering the visual mode. *BUT* the ones I found only
mentioned it in passing and all examples were pure command line.
https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2020/09/msg00296.html
I had forgotten that thread. Reading the complete thread will prevent me
from duplicating work I've already done. Thank you.
It pointed to
[https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/aptitude/ch01s01s01.en.html]
which demonstrated that yesterday I had correctly invoked aptitude's
visual mode. That I received a "black screen" in response suggests I
have system problems - which I suspected.
I had already planned on installing current Debian on another machine.
