On Thu, 2007-10-11 at 21:05 +0100, Neil Greenwood wrote:
> Hi Norman,
>
> On 11/10/2007, norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2007-10-11 at 18:53 +0100, norman wrote:
> > > > I was thinking, (I know a dangerous thing to do), if I removed the Gimp
> > > > 2.2.X folder from /var/cache/apt
Hi Norman,
On 11/10/2007, norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Thu, 2007-10-11 at 18:53 +0100, norman wrote:
> > > I was thinking, (I know a dangerous thing to do), if I removed the Gimp
> > > 2.2.X folder from /var/cache/apt/archives/ would that cause any
> > > problems?
> > >
> >
> > Nope, n
> On Thu, 2007-10-11 at 18:53 +0100, norman wrote:
> > I was thinking, (I know a dangerous thing to do), if I removed the Gimp
> > 2.2.X folder from /var/cache/apt/archives/ would that cause any
> > problems?
> >
>
> Nope, no problems. The "nice" way to do it is to issue the "apt-get
> clean" co
Hi Norman,
On Thu, 2007-10-11 at 18:53 +0100, norman wrote:
> I was thinking, (I know a dangerous thing to do), if I removed the Gimp
> 2.2.X folder from /var/cache/apt/archives/ would that cause any
> problems?
>
Nope, no problems. The "nice" way to do it is to issue the "apt-get
clean" command
On 10/11/07, norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> < snip >
>
> > Yes there is a cache in /var/cache/apt/archives/ so it might have
> > still
> > been there, but if it wasn't and was a dependency of the plugin you
> > installed apt would have downloaded the package from the repository
> > server on t
< snip >
> Yes there is a cache in /var/cache/apt/archives/ so it might have
> still
> been there, but if it wasn't and was a dependency of the plugin you
> installed apt would have downloaded the package from the repository
> server on the internet.
I was thinking, (I know a dangerous thing to d
< snip >
> >
> > Thanks, I can understand that, it's just that I thought I would have to
> > give permission for something to be loaded.
> >
> You probably did. The packages stored in the archives are packages that
> you downloaded, or dependencies for those packages (which you would have
> a
Alan Pope wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-10-10 at 11:35 +0100, Wulfy wrote:
>
>> norman wrote:
>>
>>> However, I am still puzzled. How can a package which I have removed
>>> reappear all by itself?
>>>
>>> Norman
>>>
>> If the plugin depends on the version of Gimp that you removed, dpkg
>> w
norman wrote:
>>> Do you mean that even though I think I have removed a package it is
>>> stored somewhere on the hard drive and is accessible to some utility
>>> or other in Ubuntu?
>> Yes there is a cache in /var/cache/apt/archives/ so it might have still
>> been there, but if it wasn't and was a
> > Do you mean that even though I think I have removed a package it is
> > stored somewhere on the hard drive and is accessible to some utility
> > or other in Ubuntu?
>
> Yes there is a cache in /var/cache/apt/archives/ so it might have still
> been there, but if it wasn't and was a dependency
On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 17:44:03 +0100
norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Do you mean that even though I think I have removed a package it is
> stored somewhere on the hard drive and is accessible to some utility
> or other in Ubuntu?
Yes there is a cache in /var/cache/apt/archives/ so it might have
O
> >
> > > > However, I am still puzzled. How can a package which I have removed
> > > > reappear all by itself?
> > > >
> > > > Norman
> > > If the plugin depends on the version of Gimp that you removed, dpkg
> > > would reinstall it as a (reverse) dependency...
> >
> > I am not very computera
On Wed, 2007-10-10 at 11:35 +0100, Wulfy wrote:
> norman wrote:
> > However, I am still puzzled. How can a package which I have removed
> > reappear all by itself?
> >
> > Norman
> If the plugin depends on the version of Gimp that you removed, dpkg
> would reinstall it as a (reverse) dependency..
On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:38:21 +0100, "norman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
said:
>
> > > However, I am still puzzled. How can a package which I have removed
> > > reappear all by itself?
> > >
> > > Norman
> > If the plugin depends on the version of Gimp that you removed, dpkg
> > would reinstall it as a (
> > However, I am still puzzled. How can a package which I have removed
> > reappear all by itself?
> >
> > Norman
> If the plugin depends on the version of Gimp that you removed, dpkg
> would reinstall it as a (reverse) dependency...
I am not very computerate, obviously, but from where did dpkg
norman wrote:
> However, I am still puzzled. How can a package which I have removed
> reappear all by itself?
>
> Norman
If the plugin depends on the version of Gimp that you removed, dpkg
would reinstall it as a (reverse) dependency...
--
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Wulfmann
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Respect the elders. Tea
< snip >
>
> You didn't say, but I'm assuming that you're installing the plugin
> through synaptic too.
No, I downloaded the file ans installed it the usual way by double
clicking the icon produced.
>
> I would guess that the plugin you're trying to install is targetted at
> the old version of G
Hi Norman,
On 09/10/2007, norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I had 2 versions of Gimp on my machine and I only wanted one, so I
> removed the old, unwanted package using synaptic. I then tried to
> install a plugin in the remaining package. Imagine my amazement when not
> only was the plugin not
I had 2 versions of Gimp on my machine and I only wanted one, so I
removed the old, unwanted package using synaptic. I then tried to
install a plugin in the remaining package. Imagine my amazement when not
only was the plugin not installed in the version of Gimp remaining but
it was installed in th
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