Re: apt-get dist-upgrade uninstalled most of KDE

Hi All, As a reference, I undid the last apt command in one (long) line: apt-get install `cat /var/log/apt/history.log | awk '/Start-Date/{last=""} /^Start-Date:/,/End-Date/{last=last $0 "\n"} END {print last}' | sed 's/ \([^ ]*\) (\([^,)]\+\)\(, [^)]\+\)\?)/\1=\2/g' | awk -F, '/Install:/{gsub(/^

Re: apt-get dist-upgrade uninstalled most of KDE

Thanks! I was thinking about implementing an "apt-get rollback-upgrade" command, which would also remove any package installed by the previous upgrade. To be reliable, though, it should also restore any configuration overwritten by the install. So maybe it is not feasible. I agree, maybe "apt-mar

Re: apt-get dist-upgrade uninstalled most of KDE

Thanks you all for the help! I usually do pay attention, and I prefer sid even given the risks (it's great). I don't need the machine at the moment, so I'll just wait for the transition to complete. Using snapshot repositories and "apt-get install packagename=version" sounds like a *great* strateg

Re: apt-get dist-upgrade uninstalled most of KDE

Start-Date: 2017-08-16 11:30:15 Commandline: apt-get dist-upgrade Requested-By: marco (1000) Install: libx265-130:amd64 (2.5-2, automatic), libc-ares2:amd64 (1.13.0-2, automatic), gnupg-utils:amd64 (2.1.23-2, automatic), gpg-wks-client:amd64 (2.1.23-2, automatic), gnupg-l10n:amd64 (2.1.23-2, autom

apt-get dist-upgrade uninstalled most of KDE

Hello, I just upgraded my system (Debian sid with main, contrib, non-free) to the most recent unstable version, running "apt-get update" and "apt-get dist-upgrade". Unfortunately, this uninstalled most of KDE, including "plasma-desktop", "kde-plasma-desktop", "konsole", and many packages startin