on Thu, Mar 22, 2001 at 01:51:37AM +0200, Shaul Karl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I do not understand why does apt-get want to remove many packages. > Will I have to reinstall them? > > apt-get dist-upgrade -sq > Reading Package Lists... > Building Dependency Tree... > The following packages will be REMOVED: > a2ps adduser bsdmainutils console-apt custom-mule cvs cvs-buildpackage > debconf debhelper dh-make dosemu emacsen-common enscript esound > esound-common > fetchmail gnome-bin gnuplot gs gv leafnode libesd0 libglade-gnome0 libglide2 > libgnomeui32 libgnorbagtk0 libpaperg lilo lynx memprof mgetty-fax mpage > mule2-bin mule2-canna-wnn mule2-support netpbm nut pidentd pstotext psutils > task-debian-devel telnetd xserver-xfree86 > The following packages have been kept back > kernel-image-2.2.17 xaw3dg > 39 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 43 to remove and 2 not upgraded. > Remv a2ps > Remv nut
<list snipped> This is generally a sign of broken dependencies or a corrupted package archive. Yes, if you commit this, you may have to reinstall a substantial list of packages. Better to find out what's wrong first. In the first case, try re-running apt-get update to update your package list(s). This may resolve dependencies. In the second case, you can find backup archives as /var/backups/kpkg.status*. Check to see if one of these might serve to replace what you have under /var/lib/dpkg/status. You can also check with dselect or (far preferable) aptitude to see what packages are conflicting. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org
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