On Fri, Mar 05, 2004 at 11:51:11PM -0600, Joe Hendrix wrote: > Jason A Whittle wrote: > > Is it possible to retroactively label debs as having been automatically > > installed by apt? I'd like to be able to install package dependencies > > one at a time, but still use aptitude to keep track of the dependecies > > for me. I haven't been able to find anything in the apt documentation, > > but I may simply be looking in the wrong place. > > I know you can do this with aptitude -- via the command line with > markauto or interactively (by default I think "M" does this).
Thank you, Joe; this is precisely what I was looking for. I use aptitude religiously, but I didn't even think to check if it might have this functionality. And you're right, it is the 'M' key by default. > One thing I would really like would be able to chain package > dependencies, so that I could stuff like "make-doc" depend on "make" > and automatically be uninstalled if make was uninstalled. But I don't > know of a way to do that. I suppose you would have to change the dependency information stored in the cache to accomplish that, unless apt will accept package information from another source. Cheers, Jason Whittle -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
