On Tuesday 28 October 2003 14:18, JG wrote: > > Is there a quicker way of locating the broken packages [...] > /~b > > will bring you to the next broken package. > > l~b > > will narrow the packages list to only those that are broken. [...]
Thanks. I really haven't got used to this apt system yet. The two broken ones today are Mozilla, which I use, so I suppose I just wait until that is not broken before doing anything. Trying to hold the existing mozilla is apparently not an option, and removing the new one from the list seems to break something else and leave me with no mozilla. Not that I really know what I'm doing. I installed from Knoppix2.1 and have now got some sort of hybrid woody/ testing/unstable, if I understand correctly. The sources list is huge. Is there a way of doing a 'what-if' to see what would happen if I settled on unstable throughout - with the option to just go back to where I am now? Would that allow me to have a shorter sources list shorter and make updates simpler? Is is a good idea? I am scared of tinkering and messing the whole thing up. The knoppix install got me out of a hole, but I know I have a mountain of unneccessary packages installed. I uninstall the odd one I chance on that I definitely do not need, and the odd one that fails to configure correctly at bootup because it is for nonexistent hardware or whatever. But I suppose the only way to get a lean system would be start with nothing and install as needed. Which would cost me time I don't have. -- richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
