Re: dselect troubles
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On Sun, 29 Aug 1999, Ron Forrester wrote:
> My question is, is there anyway to reset the package cache (correct
> terminology?) so that dselect is clean, i.e. does not believe there
> are packages to remove and install -- preferrably sucj that I don't
> have to walk through all 4000 packages (I have stable and unstable) by
> hand trying to figure it out.
0. Get into the dselect package selection screen.
1. Press O (that's capital O, not lowercase o) a few times, until there's
a line "--- Installed packages ---" near the very top.
2. Go to the "--- Installed packages ---" line and press the '+' key.
3. Go to the "--- Removed packages (configuration still present) ---" line
and press the '-' key.
4. Go to the "--- Purged packages and those never installed ---" line and
press the '_' key.
If at any point you get a conflict resolution screen, then you'll have to
make decisions as to what to do... Can't much help you there, except that
the 'R' key is your friend.
The only problem with this method is that it will forget any holds you've
placed.
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