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Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users apt vs aptitude little tutorial Post 302344407 by methyl on Sunday 16th of August 2009 01:07:51 PM
Old 08-16-2009
Please go through you post and correct as many typing mistakes as possible (there are at least 30). It makes the post extraordinarily difficult to read.

Quote:
Similar situation is in packages one package can be usesd with another, and that is depenndency.
Maybe you mean?:

Quote:
Where one package relies on another, that is a dependency.
Perhaps number the paragraphs so that people can respond to specific questions within this thesis.
Where you have an actual command line that you have typed at a command prompt and pasted into the post, please mark the command line with "code tags".

This line for example is rather difficult to follow unless we can split the code from the dialogue:

Quote:
What is dpkg --get-selections > bak; dpkg --set-selections < bak; (just another format for dpkg -l) ?
Did you mean:?
Is
Code:
dpkg --get-selections > bak; dpkg --set-selections < bak

just another format for
Code:
dpkg -l



Please state what failed? e.g. Did you receive any error messages from:

Code:
dpkg --remove packagename


On a pedantic note:
Quote:
Lets celar some terms:

Let's clarify some terms:
OMG I'm turning into an English tutor.

Last edited by methyl; 08-16-2009 at 02:54 PM.. Reason: more typos than the original post !
 

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DPKG-RECONFIGURE(8)						      Debconf						       DPKG-RECONFIGURE(8)

NAME
dpkg-reconfigure - reconfigure an already installed package SYNOPSIS
dpkg-reconfigure [options] packages DESCRIPTION
dpkg-reconfigure reconfigures packages after they have already been installed. Pass it the names of a package or packages to reconfigure. It will ask configuration questions, much like when the package was first installed. If you just want to see the current configuration of a package, see debconf-show(1) instead. OPTIONS
-ftype, --frontend=type Select the frontend to use. The default frontend can be permanently changed by: dpkg-reconfigure debconf Note that if you normally have debconf set to use the noninteractive frontend, dpkg-reconfigure will use the dialog frontend instead, so you actually get to reconfigure the package. -pvalue, --priority=value Specify the minimum priority of question that will be displayed. dpkg-reconfigure normally shows low priority questions no matter what your default priority is. See debconf(7) for a list. --default-priority Use whatever the default priority of question is, instead of forcing the priority to low. -u, --unseen-only By default, all questions are shown, even if they have already been answered. If this parameter is set though, only questions that have not yet been seen will be asked. --force Force dpkg-reconfigure to reconfigure a package even if the package is in an inconsistent or broken state. Use with caution. --no-reload Prevent dpkg-reconfigure from reloading templates. Use with caution; this will prevent dpkg-reconfigure from repairing broken templates databases. However, it may be useful in constrained environments where rewriting the templates database is expensive. -h, --help Display usage help. SEE ALSO
debconf(7) AUTHOR
Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> 2018-02-28 DPKG-RECONFIGURE(8)
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