On 04 Jun 2013, John Hasler wrote: > Anthony Campbell writes: > > If I try to install any package I see a list of some 80 packages which > > were automatically installed and are no longer required. The list > > includes apt, grub-pc-bin, and grub2-common. > > > Obviously I'm not goint to remove all these... > > So don't. It's merely informing you that those packages were > automatically installed as dependencies and that no packages depending > on them remain. If you don't want to see the message mark the packages > as manually-installed. > > Because any developer can upload anything to Sid at any time without > regard to dependencies it is not unusual to get funny-looking results > when trying to install from it. If you want to run Sid you need to > understand a bit about the package-management system. Read the man > pages for apt, dpkg, & friends. You also sometimes need to wait a bit > before installing a new package. > -- > John Hasler >
I do understand this. I've been using Sid for years (literally). But although it's quite common to see a lot of necessary packages scheduled for removal if you do dist-upgrade, I don't remember seeing it when trying to install a new package. > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected] -- Anthony Campbell - [email protected] http://www.acupuncturecourse.org.uk http://www.smashwords.com/profile.view/acampbell https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/anthony-campbell/id73235412 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
