Translations by Hans Fredrik Nordhaug

Scroll onwards through help/information by 1 line

Scroll backwards through help/information by 1 line

Scroll onwards through list

Scroll backwards through list

Mark package(s) for installation

Mark package(s) for deinstallation

Mark package(s) for deinstall and purge

Make highlight more specific

Make highlight less specific

Search for a package whose name contains a string

Swap sort order priority/section

Quit, confirming, and checking dependencies

Quit, confirming without check

Quit, rejecting conflict/dependency suggestions

Abort - quit without making changes

Revert to old state for all packages

Revert to suggested state for all packages

Revert to directly requested state for all packages

Revert to currently installed state for all packages

Select currently-highlighted access method

Quit without changing selected access method

Keystrokes

Introduction to package selections

Welcome to dselect's main package listing. You will be presented with a list of packages which are installed or available for installation. You can navigate around the list using the cursor keys, mark packages for installation (using '+') or deinstallation (using '-'). Packages can be marked either singly or in groups; initially you will see that the line 'All packages' is selected. '+', '-' and so on will affect all the packages described by the highlighted line. Some of your choices will cause conflicts or dependency problems; you will be given a sub-list of the relevant packages, so that you can solve the problems. You should read the list of keys and the explanations of the display. Much on-line help is available, please make use of it - press '?' at any time for help. When you have finished selecting packages, press <enter> to confirm changes, or 'X' to quit without saving changes. A final check on conflicts and dependencies will be done - here too you may see a sublist. Press <space> to leave help and enter the list now.

Introduction to read-only package list browser

Welcome to dselect's main package listing. You will be presented with a list of packages which are installed or available for installation. Since you do not have the privilege necessary to update package states, you are in a read-only mode. You can navigate around the list using the cursor keys (please see the 'Keystrokes' help screen), observe the status of the packages and read information about them. You should read the list of keys and the explanations of the display. Much on-line help is available, please make use of it - press '?' at any time for help. When you have finished browsing, press 'Q' or <enter> to quit. Press <space> to leave help and enter the list now.

Introduction to conflict/dependency resolution sub-list

Display, part 1: package listing and status chars

Display, part 2: list highlight; information display

* Highlight: One line in the package list will be highlighted. It indicates which package(s) will be affected by presses of '+', '-' and '_'. * The dividing line in the middle of the screen shows a brief explanation of the status of the currently-highlighted package, or a description of which group is highlighted if a group line is. If you don't understand the meaning of some of the status characters displayed, go to the relevant package and look at this divider line, or use the 'v' key for a verbose display (press 'v' again to go back to the terse display). * The bottom of the screen shows more information about the currently-highlighted package (if there is only one). It can show an extended description of the package, the internal package control details (either for the installed or available version of the package), or information about conflicts and dependencies involving the current package (in conflict/dependency resolution sublists). Use the 'i' key to cycle through the displays, and 'I' to hide the information display or expand it to use almost all of the screen.

Introduction to method selection display

dselect and dpkg can do automatic installation, loading the package files to be installed from one of a number of different possible places. This list allows you to select one of these installation methods. Move the highlight to the method you wish to use, and hit Enter. You will then be prompted for the information required to do the installation. As you move the highlight a description of each method, where available, is displayed in the bottom half of the screen. If you wish to quit without changing anything use the 'x' key while in the list of installation methods. A full list of keystrokes is available by pressing 'k' now, or from the help menu reachable by pressing '?'.

Keystrokes for method selection

Motion keys: Next/Previous, Top/End, Up/Down, Backwards/Forwards: j, Down-arrow k, Up-arrow move highlight N, Page-down, Space P, Page-up, Backspace scroll list by 1 page ^n ^p scroll list by 1 line t, Home e, End jump to top/end of list u d scroll info by 1 page ^u ^d scroll info by 1 line B, Left-arrow F, Right-arrow pan display by 1/3 screen ^b ^f pan display by 1 character (These are the same motion keys as in the package list display.) Quit: Return, Enter select this method and go to its configuration dialogue x, X exit without changing or setting up the installation method Miscellaneous: ?, Help, F1 request help ^l redraw display / search (just return to cancel) \ repeat last search

Type dselect --help for help.

a

[A]ccess

Choose the access method to use.

u

[U]pdate

Update list of available packages, if possible.

s

[S]elect

Request which packages you want on your system.