Joe <j...@jretrading.com> writes: Thanks, Joe.
If they had decided to get rid of synaptic or aptitude, what would substitute its, do you know? > On 25/08/10 03:25, Qi Qi wrote: >> Hi, >> >> When I updated my sid debian today, it automatically removed the >> synaptic. I tried to reinstall it, but it indicated as a broken package. >> >> Is it only happening to my debian sid, or it's an issue somehow? >> > > Most of us don't use synaptic, or at least, not for > updating. There is currently a bit of faffing about with > apt, which may explain it. It will probably settle in a day > or two. > > I use aptitude, and a suggested full-upgrade today would > have removed aptitude... I settled for one which left things > as they were for the moment. It pays to watch the updates > carefully with sid. > > Meanwhile, use apt-get update, apt-get upgrade or aptitude > update, aptitude safe-upgrade. Apt-get dist-upgrade and > aptitude full-upgrade are the ones to be careful > of. Obviously, try to reinstall synaptic from time to time, > it should work again soon. -- Qi Qi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87r5hmyv3j....@lab.dhcp.missouri.edu
