Linux Debian support - Discarding changes in aptitude

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Discarding changes in aptitude

franek4always

2006-05-18, 7:12 am

Hi everybody,
is there any way to abandon package changes in aptitude? "Q' saves
package states for further usage. I cannot find any command to discard
this changes.

franek

Sumo Wrestler (or just ate too much)

2006-05-18, 7:12 pm

franek4always wrote:
> Hi everybody,
> is there any way to abandon package changes in aptitude? "Q' saves
> package states for further usage. I cannot find any command to discard
> this changes.
>
> franek
>

Press the ? key to get into aptitude's help, and you'll see this:

> Control-u: Undo the last action or set of actions.

If you just want to browse through the aptitude lists, start aptitude as
a normal user. Any changes you make will be ignored when you exit
aptitude (as a normal user).

Don't become root unless it's for real.