How do I use aptitude

Kenny Hitt kenny at hittsjunk.net
Mon Jun 28 07:33:27 EDT 2004


Hi.  Try pressing ? from the aptitude main screen.  ? loads the help for
aptitude.  The meaning of the letters are explained. on the help screen.

Hope this helps,.
          Kenny
	  
On Wed, Jun 23, 2004 at 10:31:49AM -0700, Sean M McMahon wrote:
> I no the first thing one of you is going to say upon reading this subject 
> line is read the documentation, but that's what I need to install and 
> that's why I need some good help from you people.  I notice I have no 
> output from which man so I thought I'd install man but when I look at 
> aptitude I see an I next to some of the man packages does that mean their 
> installed?  If they are, where are they and how do I set my path?  When I 
> tried to install some documentation I saw a lot of packages with a P next 
> to them what does that mean?  When I hit the plus key to mark a package 
> for installation, the letter next to it said PI  what does that mean? 
> Finally, what's the key command to show info about a package?  Sean
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