On Thu 29 Jun 2017 at 07:31:35 (+), Curt wrote:
> On 2017-06-28, David Wright wrote:
> >
> >> 'apt-get install ' will tell you why a package is being held
> >> back (or, as discussed in another thread, will ask your permission to
> >> install an extra package--or packages--in order to meet its
On 2017-06-28, David Wright wrote:
>
>> 'apt-get install ' will tell you why a package is being held
>> back (or, as discussed in another thread, will ask your permission to
>> install an extra package--or packages--in order to meet its dependencies).
>
> It's less risky to add the -s switch and j
On Sun 25 Jun 2017 at 11:36:37 (+), Curt wrote:
> On 2017-06-25, Mark Fletcher wrote:
> >
> > My question is that since the upgrade chromium is held back from
> > upgrading, and in this new world I don't know how to find out why. In
> > aptitude I would have done aptitude why-not chromium an
On Wed 28 Jun 2017 at 22:19:18 +0900, Mark Fletcher wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 25, 2017 at 11:18:46AM +0200, Dejan Jocic wrote:
> >
> > In short, use aptitude for why and why-not. Closest thing apt-get and
> > friends have would be apt-cache --important depends/rdepends. But,
> > aptitude is much bette
On Sun, Jun 25, 2017 at 11:36:37AM +, Curt wrote:
> On 2017-06-25, Mark Fletcher wrote:
> >
> > My question is that since the upgrade chromium is held back from
> > upgrading, and in this new world I don't know how to find out why. In
> > aptitude I would have done aptitude why-not chromium
On Sun, Jun 25, 2017 at 11:18:46AM +0200, Dejan Jocic wrote:
> On 25-06-17, Mark Fletcher wrote:
> > Hello the list!
> >
> > I have upgraded this weekend from Jessie to Stretch. All went, overall,
> > reasonably smoothly -- the documentation around releases is getting
> > better and better. I pl
On Sun, Jun 25, 2017 at 12:29:27PM -0700, Cousin Stanley wrote:
> Mark Fletcher wrote:
>
> >
> > I do wish apt show made it easier to tell
> > if a package is installed
> >
>
> $ apt policy some-pkg-name
>
> which evolved from
>
> $ apt-cache policy pkg-name
>
>
> will d
Mark Fletcher wrote:
>
> I do wish apt show made it easier to tell
> if a package is installed
>
$ apt policy some-pkg-name
which evolved from
$ apt-cache policy pkg-name
will display installation status
of some-pkg-name
--
Stanley C. Kitching
Human Being
Phoenix,
On 2017-06-25, Mark Fletcher wrote:
>
> My question is that since the upgrade chromium is held back from
> upgrading, and in this new world I don't know how to find out why. In
> aptitude I would have done aptitude why-not chromium and it would most
> likely have told me something useful about
On 25-06-17, Mark Fletcher wrote:
> Hello the list!
>
> I have upgraded this weekend from Jessie to Stretch. All went, overall,
> reasonably smoothly -- the documentation around releases is getting
> better and better. I plan to write a full report of the upgrade and
> share it here shortly. In
Hello the list!
I have upgraded this weekend from Jessie to Stretch. All went, overall,
reasonably smoothly -- the documentation around releases is getting
better and better. I plan to write a full report of the upgrade and
share it here shortly. In the meantime I have one question.
It seems l
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