On 02/04/11 17:46, Neil Perry wrote:
> I would suggest using safe-upgrade. Don't use unless you want a broken
> packages.
>
> Thanks
>
> Neil
True enough. I stuck with full-upgrade because the other Neil asked the
question with it:
> On Apr 2, 2011 5:43 PM, "Vinothan Shankar" wrote:
>> On 01/0
I would suggest using safe-upgrade. Don't use unless you want a broken
packages.
Thanks
Neil
On Apr 2, 2011 5:43 PM, "Vinothan Shankar" wrote:
> On 01/04/11 20:34, Neil Greenwood wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Is there any way to get aptitude to do a full-upgrade while installing
>> a new package? I j
On 01/04/11 20:34, Neil Greenwood wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Is there any way to get aptitude to do a full-upgrade while installing
> a new package? I just had a situation where I was trying to install
> mumble after doing an 'aptitude update', and got into a conflict state
> because libqtcore4 was goin
Hi all,
Is there any way to get aptitude to do a full-upgrade while installing
a new package? I just had a situation where I was trying to install
mumble after doing an 'aptitude update', and got into a conflict state
because libqtcore4 was going to be upgraded *as well as* being
installed as a de
On Wednesday 09 Jun 2010 16:47:25 Mark Fraser wrote:
> On Monday 07 Jun 2010 10:27:57 Tyler J. Wagner wrote:
> > On Monday 07 June 2010 10:23:45 Mark Fraser wrote:
> > > I tend to use aptitude on the command line when apt-get says that it
> > > can't perform an upgrade for some reason. This is usua
On Wed, 09 Jun 2010 18:33:30 +0100, Michael Douglas
wrote:
> I would let someone else confirm, but off the top of my head, using
> "full-upgrade" rather than "dist-upgrade" does everything, including all
> packages held back?
>
From man aptitude
full-upgrade
Upgrades installed
I would let someone else confirm, but off the top of my head, using
"full-upgrade" rather than "dist-upgrade" does everything, including all
packages held back?
- Mehall
Mark Fraser wrote:
>On Monday 07 Jun 2010 10:27:57 Tyler J. Wagner wrote:
>> On Monday 07 June 2010 10:23:45 Mark Fraser wr
On Monday 07 Jun 2010 10:27:57 Tyler J. Wagner wrote:
> On Monday 07 June 2010 10:23:45 Mark Fraser wrote:
> > I tend to use aptitude on the command line when apt-get says that it
> > can't perform an upgrade for some reason. This is usually because it
> > needs to install something else at the sam
On Tuesday 08 June 2010 11:56:45 pmgazz wrote:
> I use aptitude 'cos I always make a typo on the hyphen in 'apt-get' ;)
This sounds like a job for ...
sudo ln -s /usr/bin/apt-get /usr/local/bin/aptget
Tyler
--
"Freedom of thought is best promoted by the gradual illumination of
men's minds, whi
I use aptitude 'cos I always make a typo on the hyphen in 'apt-get' ;)
Paula
On 07/06/10 10:49, Philip Stubbs wrote:
> On 7 June 2010 08:51, Neil Perry wrote:
>
>> Hello Guys,
>> I've just been pointed out, that for Maverick they have removed aptitude
>> being install by default. I don't wan
Paul,
On 07/06/10 17:46, Paul Tansom wrote:
> ** Johnathon Tinsley [2010-06-07 15:06]:
>> On 07/06/10 14:30, Paul Tansom wrote:
>>> ** Tony Arnold [2010-06-07 11:18]:
On 07/06/10 08:51, Neil Perry wrote:
> I've just been pointed out, that for Maverick they have removed aptitude
> b
** Johnathon Tinsley [2010-06-07 15:06]:
> On 07/06/10 14:30, Paul Tansom wrote:
> > ** Tony Arnold [2010-06-07 11:18]:
> >> On 07/06/10 08:51, Neil Perry wrote:
> >>> I've just been pointed out, that for Maverick they have removed aptitude
> >>> being install by default. I don't want to start an
On Mon, 2010-06-07 at 12:19 +0100, Rowan Berkeley wrote:
> On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 11:51:19 +0100, Tony Arnold
> wrote:
>
> > On 07/06/10 11:22, Neil Perry wrote:
> > > That is what I don't understand either, typically I thought if
> > > debian would be adopting that apt-get will be getting phased o
On 07/06/10 14:30, Paul Tansom wrote:
> ** Tony Arnold [2010-06-07 11:18]:
>> On 07/06/10 08:51, Neil Perry wrote:
>>> I've just been pointed out, that for Maverick they have removed aptitude
>>> being install by default. I don't want to start another button debate.
>>>
>>> But how many of you usi
** Tony Arnold [2010-06-07 11:18]:
> On 07/06/10 08:51, Neil Perry wrote:
> > I've just been pointed out, that for Maverick they have removed aptitude
> > being install by default. I don't want to start another button debate.
> >
> > But how many of you using aptitude rather then apt-get?
> >
>
On 7 June 2010 08:51, Neil Perry wrote:
> Hello Guys,
>
> I've just been pointed out, that for Maverick they have removed aptitude
> being install by default. I don't want to start another button debate.
>
> But how many of you using aptitude rather then apt-get?
>
> I've used aptitude since I st
On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 11:51:19 +0100, Tony Arnold
wrote:
> On 07/06/10 11:22, Neil Perry wrote:
> > That is what I don't understand either, typically I thought if
> > debian would be adopting that apt-get will be getting phased out.
> > Unless Ubuntu devlopers maintain apt-get.
>
> Maybe it's a
Neil,
On 07/06/10 11:22, Neil Perry wrote:
> That is what I don't understand either, typically I thought if debian
> would be adopting that apt-get will be getting phased out. Unless Ubuntu
> devlopers maintain apt-get.
Maybe it's a size thing and squeezing what they can on to the CD.
aptitude is
On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Neil Perry wrote:
> That is what I don't understand either, typically I thought if debian would
> be adopting that apt-get will be getting phased out. Unless Ubuntu devlopers
> maintain apt-get.
> Neil Perry
I don't use Debian much so I can't claim great expertise
That is what I don't understand either, typically I thought if debian would
be adopting that apt-get will be getting phased out. Unless Ubuntu devlopers
maintain apt-get.
Neil Perry
On 7 June 2010 11:19, Tony Arnold wrote:
> Neil,
>
> On 07/06/10 08:51, Neil Perry wrote:
>
> > I've just been p
Neil,
On 07/06/10 08:51, Neil Perry wrote:
> I've just been pointed out, that for Maverick they have removed aptitude
> being install by default. I don't want to start another button debate.
>
> But how many of you using aptitude rather then apt-get?
>
> I've used aptitude since I started usin
On 7 June 2010 08:51, Neil Perry wrote:
> Hello Guys,
> I've just been pointed out, that for Maverick they have removed aptitude
> being install by default. I don't want to start another button debate.
> But how many of you using aptitude rather then apt-get?
> I've used aptitude since I started u
On Monday 07 June 2010 10:23:45 Mark Fraser wrote:
> I tend to use aptitude on the command line when apt-get says that it can't
> perform an upgrade for some reason. This is usually because it needs to
> install something else at the same time.
Try 'apt-get dist-upgrade' rather than 'apt-get upgra
On Monday 07 Jun 2010 09:31:42 Stephen Garton wrote:
> On 7 June 2010 08:51, Neil Perry wrote:
> > Hello Guys,
> > I've just been pointed out, that for Maverick they have removed aptitude
> > being install by default. I don't want to start another button debate.
> > But how many of you using aptit
On 7 June 2010 08:51, Neil Perry wrote:
> Hello Guys,
> I've just been pointed out, that for Maverick they have removed aptitude
> being install by default. I don't want to start another button debate.
> But how many of you using aptitude rather then apt-get?
> I've used aptitude since I started u
On Monday 07 June 2010 08:51:09 Neil Perry wrote:
> But how many of you using aptitude rather then apt-get?
>
> I've used aptitude since I started using ubuntu, seeing as I thought
> apt-get wasn't maintained any more.
I have never used aptitude (except to test it once or twice). I've used apt-
i use aptitude when i wan't a graphical interface and when apt-get dosen't do
what i want to do
From: npe...@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 08:51:09 +0100
To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Aptitude
Hello Guys,
I've just been pointed out, that for Maverick th
Hello Guys,
I've just been pointed out, that for Maverick they have removed aptitude
being install by default. I don't want to start another button debate.
But how many of you using aptitude rather then apt-get?
I've used aptitude since I started using ubuntu, seeing as I thought apt-get
wasn't
Hello,
I'm getting a strange error message from aptitude when I install anything or
run safe-upgrade. It's caused by what it tells me is a the failing post-
installation script for ssmtp.
Now I have ssmtp installed and working fine on two machines, but both throw
this error out:
> The followi
On Tue, 06 Feb 2007 22:28:55 +, Tony Arnold wrote:
> I've just run aptitude in full screen mode for the first time on my
> Dapper system and in the third line down it tells me:
>
> #Broken: 235 Will free 915MB of disk space DL: 5576kB
>
> and at the bottom of the screen with a red backgroun
James,
James Tait wrote:
> Hi Tony,
>
> Tony Arnold wrote:
>> The packages it said were broken almost all of the installed ones!
>>
>> Something very wrong here or I'm missing something.
>>
>> Looks to me like I need to re-install.
>
> You can, if you wish, run aptitude interactively:
>
> $ sud
Hi Tony,
Tony Arnold wrote:
> The packages it said were broken almost all of the installed ones!
>
> Something very wrong here or I'm missing something.
>
> Looks to me like I need to re-install.
You can, if you wish, run aptitude interactively:
$ sudo aptitude
This will allow you to find the
Tony,
Tony Travis wrote:
> Tony Arnold wrote:
>> I've just run aptitude in full screen mode for the first time on my
>> Dapper system and in the third line down it tells me:
>>
>> #Broken: 235 Will free 915MB of disk space DL: 5576kB
>> [...]
>
> Hello, Tony.
>
> Try running aptitude in command
Tony Arnold wrote:
> I've just run aptitude in full screen mode for the first time on my
> Dapper system and in the third line down it tells me:
>
> #Broken: 235 Will free 915MB of disk space DL: 5576kB
> [...]
Hello, Tony.
Try running aptitude in command-line mode:
aptitude -f install
I've just run aptitude in full screen mode for the first time on my
Dapper system and in the third line down it tells me:
#Broken: 235 Will free 915MB of disk space DL: 5576kB
and at the bottom of the screen with a red background is says:
Suggest 5 installs, 32 removals, 133 keeps.
I've run ap
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