On Tue, May 17, 2022 at 6:20 AM o1bigtenor <o1bigte...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Greetings > > I was having space issues in my /usr directory so I deleted some > programs thinking that the space taken was more an issue than having > older versions of the program. >
Found the responses to my request quite interesting - - - actually fascinating. To me a computer has to date been a tool - - - - not a tool kit - - - - nor a place to spend a life. This means that I have had to rely on other more knowledgeable with the 'under the hood' material for advice. Have found that in the computer world - - - - and especially the 'Linux' world that the idea of assisting a requester, well - - - it seems to be a foreign concept. To wit - - - in this thread 50% of the posts were of the variety - - - why would you do such a stupid thing. 40% of the posts had some suggestions for at the least avenues of inquiry and only 1 post gave a carefully written response that not only gave ideas but suggested a possible process to finding a solution. It was necessary to manually install (download from the repository and then using dpkg -i to install) all of the necessary bits to each version that was listed in the complaint. I tried to use apt but that option did not produce useful results. This was a lot more involved that one might think as there is not only the pythonx.xx version but pythonx.xx-minimal and -dev and sometimes even -dbg. The order of install was also important. So even though the request for assistance was to much met by kvetching there was enough 'help' so that it was possible to 'fix' the issue. Thanks and kudus to those that did 'help' and those who found the kvetching more useful - - - - well - - - - I don't have to wonder why 'linux' is used as much by the general populace as it is. The community likes to destroy itself - - - it is a pity - - - - the community has so much to offer. Regards -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
