On Sat, Oct 18, 2003 at 11:59:20PM +0100, Joseph Jones wrote: > Monique Y. Herman wrote: > > >On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 at 14:51 GMT, Joseph Jones penned: > > > > > >>I installed some unstable packages, and I'd like to know whether > >>there's a way of having dselect or whatever un-install all the > >>unstable packages without having to mess around fixing dependancies. > >>As in, I don't want it to do anything but un-install all the unstable > >>packages. My apt-get has been effectively frozen for several days > >>simply because it was impossible to un-install these packages without > >>scaring a newbie like me off. > >> > >>Any help appreciated :)
Look at "man apt_preferences". Create an /etc/apt/preferences that consists of three lines: Package: * Pin: release a=stable Pin-Priority: 1001 #apt-get update #apt-get --simulate dist-upgrade If this looks like it will accomplish the downgrade, rerun apt-get without the simulate option. #apt-get -u dist-upgrade After downgrade back to stable, if you still want to be able to install testing or unstable packages, change /etc/apt/preferences to: Package: * Pin: release a=stable Pin-Priority: 990 Package: * Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 70 Package: * Pin: release a=unstable Pin-Priority: 70 > >> > >> > >> > > > >I think there's some critical info missing from your problem > >description. Are you currently running stable and installed some > >unstable packages? > > > >What is happening when you try to uninstall these unstable packages that > >doesn't happen when you try to uninstall your stable packages? > > > Well, whenever apt-get tries to do anything, it says "Sorry, but the > following packages have unmet dependencies:" > > And lists a load of packages. I'm running stable with some unstable > packages, and I get this error whenever apt-get tries to do anything. > The last line says something about using a -f option. When I checked the > help, it said that it disregards the integrity check. I suspect that > these packages are dependencies of linneighborhood, but I can't figure > out why dselect/aptitude (whichever I used to d/l linneighborhood from > the unstable set) didn't download them as well. Now it's stuck in this > state. > > -- Jerome
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