Re: More info - was [Re: Synaptic fails to fix broken packages]

2018-10-06 Thread Brian
On Fri 05 Oct 2018 at 20:31:49 -0500, David Wright wrote: > On Fri 05 Oct 2018 at 22:36:48 (+0100), Brian wrote: > > On Fri 05 Oct 2018 at 16:17:22 -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > > On Friday, October 05, 2018 03:40:09 PM Brian wrote: > > > > > I've lost track. Are you using dist-upgrade on

Re: More info - was [Re: Synaptic fails to fix broken packages]

2018-10-06 Thread Curt
On 2018-10-05, Brian wrote: >> I'm not the OP, but the place where I plan to use (apt-get) upgrade and not >> dist-upgrade is Jessie (Debian 8). > > Debian 8 is obsolete; it doesn't even receive security updates. > dist-upgrade is most unlikely to bring it to its knees. > I've never used dist-u

Re: More info - was [Re: Synaptic fails to fix broken packages]

2018-10-05 Thread David Wright
On Fri 05 Oct 2018 at 22:36:48 (+0100), Brian wrote: > On Fri 05 Oct 2018 at 16:17:22 -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > On Friday, October 05, 2018 03:40:09 PM Brian wrote: > > > I've lost track. Are you using dist-upgrade on stable or unstable? > > > > I'm not the OP, but the place where I pl

Re: More info - was [Re: Synaptic fails to fix broken packages]

2018-10-05 Thread Brian
On Fri 05 Oct 2018 at 16:17:22 -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Friday, October 05, 2018 03:40:09 PM Brian wrote: > > On Fri 05 Oct 2018 at 11:03:31 -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > > I'm not sure I know enough to re-phrase the question. I'm also surprised > > > / confused to see the two

Re: More info - was [Re: Synaptic fails to fix broken packages]

2018-10-05 Thread rhkramer
On Friday, October 05, 2018 03:40:09 PM Brian wrote: > On Fri 05 Oct 2018 at 11:03:31 -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > I'm not sure I know enough to re-phrase the question. I'm also surprised > > / confused to see the two tags: "Essential: yes" and "Priority: > > required" -- I presume that is

Re: More info - was [Re: Synaptic fails to fix broken packages]

2018-10-05 Thread Brian
On Fri 05 Oct 2018 at 11:03:31 -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > I'm not sure I know enough to re-phrase the question. I'm also surprised / > confused to see the two tags: "Essential: yes" and "Priority: required" -- I > presume that is not redundant information, but at first glance it seems

Re: More info - was [Re: Synaptic fails to fix broken packages]

2018-10-05 Thread rhkramer
On Friday, October 05, 2018 07:25:29 AM Reco wrote: > On Fri, Oct 05, 2018 at 07:03:13AM -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > Can someone describe (or point to) a description of how dist-upgrade > > determines the more important app? (Oh, I'm guessing it has to do with > > the whatever it is calle

Re: More info - was [Re: Synaptic fails to fix broken packages]

2018-10-05 Thread Joe
On Fri, 5 Oct 2018 04:57:36 -0500 Richard Owlett wrote: > > Can someone point me to a discussion of why one would chose a > particular option? > The important difference is that 'upgrade' (aptitude safe-upgrade) will not remove a package without replacing it with a more up-to-date version of

Re: More info - was [Re: Synaptic fails to fix broken packages]

2018-10-05 Thread Reco
Hi. On Fri, Oct 05, 2018 at 07:03:13AM -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Friday, October 05, 2018 06:06:25 AM Reco wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 05, 2018 at 04:57:36AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > > Can someone point me to a discussion of why one would chose a particular > > > option?

Re: More info - was [Re: Synaptic fails to fix broken packages]

2018-10-05 Thread Reco
Hi. On Fri, Oct 05, 2018 at 05:51:09AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > I'm not comfortable with anything other than "stable". > > > When moving from one release to the next my custom is to purchase a DVD > > > set and do a complete fresh install. > > > > > > However, I *am* several po

Re: More info - was [Re: Synaptic fails to fix broken packages]

2018-10-05 Thread rhkramer
On Friday, October 05, 2018 06:06:25 AM Reco wrote: > On Fri, Oct 05, 2018 at 04:57:36AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > Can someone point me to a discussion of why one would chose a particular > > option? > > Why do you need a discussion of that if you have apt-get(8)? > > upgrade is used to i

Re: More info - was [Re: Synaptic fails to fix broken packages]

2018-10-05 Thread Richard Owlett
On 10/05/2018 05:06 AM, Reco wrote: Hi. On Fri, Oct 05, 2018 at 04:57:36AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: On 10/04/2018 11:10 PM, mick crane wrote: On 2018-10-04 18:27, Glenn English wrote: On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 2:06 PM Richard Owlett wrote: Just did a fresh install to another parti

Re: More info - was [Re: Synaptic fails to fix broken packages]

2018-10-05 Thread Reco
Hi. On Fri, Oct 05, 2018 at 04:57:36AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 10/04/2018 11:10 PM, mick crane wrote: > > On 2018-10-04 18:27, Glenn English wrote: > > > On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 2:06 PM Richard Owlett wrote: > > > > > > > Just did a fresh install to another partition of the mach

Re: More info - was [Re: Synaptic fails to fix broken packages]

2018-10-05 Thread Richard Owlett
On 10/04/2018 11:10 PM, mick crane wrote: On 2018-10-04 18:27, Glenn English wrote: On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 2:06 PM Richard Owlett wrote: Just did a fresh install to another partition of the machine on which I observed the current problem. Installation was from DVD 1 of Debian 9.1.0 Again Li

Re: More info - was [Re: Synaptic fails to fix broken packages]

2018-10-04 Thread mick crane
On 2018-10-04 18:27, Glenn English wrote: On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 2:06 PM Richard Owlett wrote: Just did a fresh install to another partition of the machine on which I observed the current problem. Installation was from DVD 1 of Debian 9.1.0 Again LibreOffice Writer would not launch. Attempt

Re: More info - was [Re: Synaptic fails to fix broken packages]

2018-10-04 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
On 10/4/18, Glenn English wrote: > On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 2:06 PM Richard Owlett wrote: > >> Just did a fresh install to another partition of the machine on which I >> observed the current problem. >> Installation was from DVD 1 of Debian 9.1.0 >> >> Again LibreOffice Writer would not launch. >>

Re: More info - was [Re: Synaptic fails to fix broken packages]

2018-10-04 Thread Glenn English
On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 2:06 PM Richard Owlett wrote: > Just did a fresh install to another partition of the machine on which I > observed the current problem. > Installation was from DVD 1 of Debian 9.1.0 > > Again LibreOffice Writer would not launch. > Attempted complete removal. This time the L

More info - was [Re: Synaptic fails to fix broken packages]

2018-10-04 Thread Richard Owlett
On 10/04/2018 07:05 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: On 10/03/2018 08:45 AM, Dan Purgert wrote: Richard Owlett wrote: I received an email with an attachment in .doc format. I clicked to open with default program - LibreOffice Writer. All I got was a brief display of the LibreOffice flash screen. I tri

Re: Synaptic fails to fix broken packages

2018-10-04 Thread Richard Owlett
On 10/03/2018 08:45 AM, Dan Purgert wrote: Richard Owlett wrote: I received an email with an attachment in .doc format. I clicked to open with default program - LibreOffice Writer. All I got was a brief display of the LibreOffice flash screen. I tried to open from MATE's Application menu - faile

Re: Synaptic fails to fix broken packages

2018-10-04 Thread songbird
Dan Purgert wrote: > Richard Owlett wrote: >> I received an email with an attachment in .doc format. >> I clicked to open with default program - LibreOffice Writer. >> All I got was a brief display of the LibreOffice flash screen. >> I tried to open from MATE's Application menu - failed likewise. >

Re: Synaptic fails to fix broken packages

2018-10-03 Thread Dan Purgert
Richard Owlett wrote: > I received an email with an attachment in .doc format. > I clicked to open with default program - LibreOffice Writer. > All I got was a brief display of the LibreOffice flash screen. > I tried to open from MATE's Application menu - failed likewise. You sure that the *doc wa