dselect(1) dpkg suite dselect(1) (NAME) dselect - (SYNOPSIS) dselect [...] [...] (DESCRIPTION) dselect . dselect : o o o o . dselect dpkg(1) . . ( ) . . . apt apt(8) . dselect . . . dselect . (OPTIONS) dselect /etc/dpkg/dselect.cfg /etc/dpkg/dselect.cfg.d/ . ( ) ( `#' ). --admindir directory `status' `available' dpkg . DPKG_ADMINDIR /var/lib/dpkg . --instdir directory ( dpkg 1.21.2). DPKG_ROOT <> . --root directory directory <> <> ( dpkg 1.21.0). -Dfile, --debug file . file . --expert (expert) . --color screenpart:[foreground],[background][:attr[+attr]...] --colour screenpart:[foreground],[background][:attr[+attr]...] . . ( dselect.cfg ). ( ) . ( ) : title . listhead . list ( ). listsel . pkgstate . pkgstatesel . infohead . infodesc . info . infofoot . query . helpscreen . . . curses . . (`+') . ( ): normal standout underline reverse blink bright dim bold -?, --help . --version . (COMMANDS) dselect : access . dselect media file ftp apt apt(8) . apt . update . dpkg . Packages Packages.gz . dpkg-scanpackages(1) . update . . select . dselect . (select) . . dselect . . . dselect . . install . dpkg . . . install . . . bug(1) reportbug(1) ( ) . install . . . debconf(1) . config . remove (purge) . quit dselect. (). (PACKAGE SELECTIONS MANAGEMENT) (Introduction) dselect . . dselect . . dpkg(1) (distribution policy) . dselect (expert) (immediate) . . `?' . (Screen layout) (select) . . . . . `I' . (Package details view) . `i' . : o (extended description) o o . (Packages status list) . . . `A' . `V' . `v' (verbose) (shorthand) . . : ( ) . . : : R : * - U C ( ) I ( ). : * - = (on hold): _ (purge) n . (Cursor and screen movement) : p, Up, k n, Down, j P, Pgup, Backspace N, Pgdn, Space ^p ^n t, Home e, End u d ^u ^d B, Left-arrow / F, Right-arrow / ^b ^f (Searching and sorting) . `/' . regex(7) . `/d' dselect . `/i' . : `/id'. `n' `\' . . `o' `O' . : alphabet priority+section section+priority available available+priority available+section status status+priority status+section . (Altering selections) : +, Insert =, H (hold) :, G (unhold): -, Delete _ (purge) dselect . . . . . (hold) (unhold) . (Resolving depends and conflicts) dselect . . . . dselect . dselect . `R' . `D' . `U' . (Establishing the requested selections) enter . dselect . dselect . dselect `Q' . . . `X' escape . . `C' . unhold enter . (EXIT STATUS) 0 . 2 . (ENVIRONMENT) DPKG_ROOT --instdir --root ( dpkg 1.21.0). DPKG_ADMINDIR --admindir --root dpkg ( dpkg 1.21.0). HOME dselect . (BUGS) dselect . . . . . . apt(8) . (SEE ALSO) dpkg(1) apt(8) sources.list(5) deb(5). 1.23.7-dirty 2026-03-06 dselect(1)