All options can be specified both on the command line and in the
dselect configuration file /usr/local/etc/dpkg/dselect.cfg or the
files on the configuration directory
/usr/local/etc/dpkg/dselect.cfg.d/. Each line in the
configuration file is either an option (exactly the same as the
command line option but without leading hyphens) or a comment (if
it starts with a '#').
--admindir directory
Changes the directory where the dpkg 'status', 'available'
and similar files are located. This defaults to
/usr/local/var/lib/dpkg and normally there shouldn't be
any need to change it.
-Dfile, --debug file
Turn on debugging. Debugging information is sent to file.
--expert
Turns on expert mode, i.e. doesn't display possibly
annoying help messages.
--colour|--color
screenpart:[foreground],[background][:attr[+attr]...]
Configures screen colors. This works only if your display
supports colors. This option may be used multiple times
(and is best used in dselect.cfg). Each use changes the
color (and optionally, other attributes) of one part of
the screen. The parts of the screen (from top to bottom)
are:
title The screen title.
listhead
The header line above the list of packages.
list The scrolling list of packages (and also some help
text).
listsel
The selected item in the list.
pkgstate
In the list of packages, the text indicating the
current state of each package.
pkgstatesel
In the list of packages, the text indicating the
current state of the currently selected package.
infohead
The header line that displays the state of the
currently selected package.
infodesc
The package's short description.
info Used to display package info such as the package's
description.
infofoot
The last line of the screen when selecting
packages.
query Used to display query lines
helpscreen
Color of help screens.
After the part of the screen comes a colon and the color
specification. You can specify either the foreground
color, the background color, or both, overriding the
compiled-in colors. Use standard curses color names.
Optionally, after the color specification is another
colon, and an attribute specification. This is a list of
one or more attributes, separated by plus ('+')
characters. Available attributes include (not all of
these will work on all terminals): normal, standout,
underline, reverse, blink, bright, dim, bold
-?, --help
Print a brief help text and exit successfully.
--version
Print version information and exit successfully.
