On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 06:38:45AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 11/30/06 10:50, Ralph Katz wrote: > > On 11/29/2006 08:50 PM, Osamu Aoki wrote: > [snip] > > On 11/17/2006 01:30 PM, Russell L. Harris wrote: > >> Meanwhile, Debian installs "synaptic" by default. Use synaptic > >> instead of aptitude. > >> > >> RLH > > > > Au contraire... The docs are quite explicit about this: use *aptitude*. > > > > http://www.debian.org/releases/etch/i386/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html > > 4.4 Upgrading packages > > > > The recommended way to upgrade from previous Debian GNU/Linux releases > > is to use the package management tool aptitude. This program makes safer > > decisions about package installations than running apt-get directly. > > > > 4.4.2 Upgrading aptitude > > > > Upgrade tests have shown that etch's version of aptitude is better at > > solving the complex dependencies during an upgrade than either apt-get > > or sarge's aptitude. It should therefore be upgraded first [...] > > Aptitude is very aggressive and usually wrong about removing other > "unneeded" apps when you remove one app. Maybe this only happens > when you start out using apt-get, but is nonetheless very > aggravating and disconcerting. Thus, I stick with apt-get.
I understand your feeling. I have been hit several times before with this. That is very true if you are using woody and sarge version. That is why I recommend to do partial upgrade aptitude alone first which will pull some key libraries such as libc. This is: "apt-get install aptitude" or "aptitude install aptitude" New etch aptitude has resolver in visual mode. Give it a try when you find time. Osamu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
