Re: APT gone nuts

2011-03-28 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Du, 27 mar 11, 12:37:51, Michael Thompson wrote: > I just re-installed debian from scratch, and ran a few installs via > apt-get. All of a sudden, apt splurts this out > > Reading package lists... > Building dependency tree... > Reading state information... > ssmtp is already the newest version

Re: APT gone nuts

2011-03-27 Thread Michael Thompson
On 27 March 2011 15:35, Brian wrote: > On Sun 27 Mar 2011 at 12:37:51 +0100, Michael Thompson wrote: > >> Most of them, even with my limited linux knowledge are fairly >> important. Why has apt started to ask to remove these packages, and >> how can I get apt to forget about them? > > Have you rem

Re: APT gone nuts

2011-03-27 Thread Ron Johnson
On 03/27/2011 09:35 AM, Brian wrote: On Sun 27 Mar 2011 at 12:37:51 +0100, Michael Thompson wrote: Most of them, even with my limited linux knowledge are fairly important. Why has apt started to ask to remove these packages, and how can I get apt to forget about them? Have you removed the gno

Re: APT gone nuts

2011-03-27 Thread Brian
On Sun 27 Mar 2011 at 12:37:51 +0100, Michael Thompson wrote: > Most of them, even with my limited linux knowledge are fairly > important. Why has apt started to ask to remove these packages, and > how can I get apt to forget about them? Have you removed the gnome metapackage? Reinstall it. Other