Hi Arnt, thanks for answering and for the extra recommendations.
On Saturday, 7 November 2020 18:38:48 -03 Arnt Karlsen wrote: > On Sat, 07 Nov 2020 16:22:24 -0300, Eike wrote in message > > <1632636.6XzDy3geBR@lxcl01>: > > On Saturday, 7 November 2020 15:52:25 -03 Ludovic Bellière wrote: > > > Hi Eike, > > > > > > Install libelogind0 first, so it takes precedence over systemd, > > > then > > > elogind. > > > > Thanks - but -> > > That is impossible because of a catch-22.It is not even possible to > > deinstall/purge libsystemd0it seems to be there to haunt me. > > > > Copy and paste off aptitude introduced some not-so-nice > > esc-sequences > > into the text. I hope that it will not mess-up the message too much. > > ..2 main ways: use aptitude to pick the version you want. aptitude isn't good at hen-and-egg-problems > > ..if aptitude's error handling fails to find a solution, try apt > and apt-get, they do things differently, and if those fail, we have > rpm-style nuclear --force purge options to find with dpkg --help > and dpkg --force-help, just line or pile 'em up. ;o) Good grief! Yep apt does things differently. apt: ""You are about to do something potentially harmful." I typed "Yes, yadda yadda ..." It deinstalled hundreds of packages, just as I instructed it to do, including apt, aptitude and deselect. Tadaaaa! I had a snapshot and restored it. Now, there is obviously no way out of this - so be it. I will do a fresh install of Beowulf because I really have more important things to do. > ..once you've thrown out the trump you want out, refer back to > Ludovic's advice. ;o) not biting the hook ... Cheers to all and also all the best Eike _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
