Re: apt-get trying to remove manually installed packages

2011-03-29 Thread James Robertson
> > > > Please post the full output of 'apt-get dist-upgrade' here, otherwise we > can only guess. > > > I waited a few days and did an apt-get update and dist-upgrade and the manually installed packages that were previously a problem were no longer going to be removed. So the problem is solved bu

Re: apt-get trying to remove manually installed packages

2011-03-26 Thread i'll teach you to turn away.
James Robertson wrote: JR> I am running Sid. JR> while doing a dist-upgrade apt-get wants to remove a number of packages that JR> are manually installed. JR> How can I prevent apt from removing my manually installed packages? i've made apt-get ignore packages with this: # echo $packagenam

Re: apt-get trying to remove manually installed packages

2011-03-26 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Jo, 24 mar 11, 12:52:03, James Robertson wrote: > I am running Sid. > > while doing a dist-upgrade apt-get wants to remove a number of packages that > are manually installed. > > One example is rxvt-unicode which I manually installed. I have run "apt-get > unmarkauto rxvt-unicode" to ensure i

apt-get trying to remove manually installed packages

2011-03-23 Thread James Robertson
I am running Sid. while doing a dist-upgrade apt-get wants to remove a number of packages that are manually installed. One example is rxvt-unicode which I manually installed. I have run "apt-get unmarkauto rxvt-unicode" to ensure it's set to manual but it keeps wanting to remove it during dist-u