07.06.2014, 09:48, "Thierry de Coulon" <[email protected]>: > Hello all, > > I've lived for years using synaptic and I am no so used to aptitude - and I > don't want to make mistakes... > > Possibly my installation is now in such a state that I should reinstall, but > everything *is* working. Anyway: > > - searching for broken packages gives 0 packages in synatiptic but 6 packages > in aptitude. > > - marking upgradable packages causes both to want to remove lots of things > (including parts of cups, Gimp, and of cours all my DE). > > - If I try to update with aptitude it gives me a liste of packages that should > be "removed because they are no more used", which is nonsense because most of > them ARE in current use. > > I am thinking all this comes from the fact that I installed Wheezy with Gnome, > installed another DE, then removed *parts* of gnome, and the system is > thinking because part of Gnome is missing, it should clean up and remove > anything that needs it (the list of removal is long, but does include gftp > and so). Whats more, the system seems not logical, as it wants to remove Gimp > but complains that gimp-data (not to be removed) needs Gimp.... > > Any way to bring this mess in order? > > Thierry
Sounds like many meta packages. That is why aptitude wants to remove a lot of your stuff. Now I have no easy answer to this. I only use apt, specifically because of what you describe, though they same can happen with apt if you do an autoremove. How about trying to update/upgrade your system with apt? -- David Dusanic -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
