[vox-tech] Apt-get vs. Dselect

Rick Moen rick at linuxmafia.com
Mon Mar 14 12:51:57 PST 2005


Quoting Karsten Self (kmself at ix.netcom.com):

> > My point is that apt-get and dselect are tools at different levels of
                                 ^^^^^^^ "dpkg"
> > abstraction.  Comparing them is like comparing carburetors with
> > Chevrolets -- except that carburetors by themselves aren't much use,
> > whereas apt-get (and aptitude's command-line mode) are.
> 
> Um.  apt-get and dselect, or apt-get and dpkg? 

Typo, as noted.  Thanks.




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