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Команды (Commands)

When dselect is started it can perform the following commands, either directly if it was specified on the command line or by prompting the user with a menu of available commands if running interactively:

access Choose and configure an access method to access package repositories.

By default, dselect provides several methods such as cdrom, multi_cd, nfs, multi_nfs, harddisk, mounted, multi_mount or ftp, but other packages may provide additional methods, eg. the apt access method provided by the apt package.

The use of the apt access method is strongly recommended.

update Refresh the available packages database.

Retrieves a list of available package versions from the package repository, configured for the current access method, and update the dpkg database. The package lists are commonly provided by the repository as files named Packages or Packages.gz. These files can be generated by repository maintainers, using the program dpkg-scanpackages(1).

Details of the update command depend on the access method's implementation. Normally the process is straightforward and requires no user interaction.

select View or manage package selections and dependencies.

This is the main function of dselect. In the select screen, the user can review a list of all available and installed packages. When run with administrator privileges, it is also possible to interactively change packages selection state. dselect tracks the implications of these changes to other depending or conflicting packages.

When a conflict or failed depends is detected, a dependency resolution subscreen is prompted to the user. In this screen, a list of conflicting or depending packages is shown, and for each package listed, the reason for its listing is shown. The user may apply the suggestions proposed by dselect, override them, or back out all the changes, including the ones that created the unresolved depends or conflicts.

The use of the interactive package selections management screen is explained in more detail below.

install Installs selected packages.

The configured access method will fetch installable or upgradable packages from the relevant repositories and install these using dpkg. Depending on the implementation of the access method, all packages can be prefetched before installation, or fetched when needed. Some access methods may also remove packages that were marked for removal.

If an error occurred during install, it is usually advisable to run install again. In most cases, the problems will disappear or be solved. If problems persist or the installation performed was incorrect, please investigate into the causes and circumstances, and file a bug in the Debian bug tracking system. Instructions on how to do this can be found at https://bugs.debian.org/ or by reading the documentation for bug(1) or reportbug(1), if these are installed.

Details of the install command depend on the access method's implementation. The user's attention and input may be required during installation, configuration or removal of packages. This depends on the maintainer scripts in the package. Some packages make use of the debconf(1) library, allowing for more flexible or even automated installation setups.

config Configures any previously installed, but not fully configured packages.

remove Removes or purges installed packages, that are marked for removal.

quit Quit dselect.

Exits the program with zero (successful) errorcode.