Re: dpkg --set-selections and aptitude

Jörg-Volker Peetz: > > aptitude keep-all > > cancels all scheduled actions on all packages (from the man-page). Ah, thanks. I didn't know that. That one helped. J. -- I am on the payroll of a company to whom I owe my undying gratitude. [Agree] [Disagree]

Re: dpkg --set-selections and aptitude

On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 11:05:36PM +0200, Jörg-Volker Peetz was heard to say: > First, let's see why aptitude wants do de-install a package: > > aptitude why-not That won't do what you think. It only shows packages that conflict with ; if the package is being removed because it's not used a

Re: dpkg --set-selections and aptitude

A simple aptitude search ~i should indicate by the character in the second column the stored action, e.g., a "d" for packages to be deleted. aptitude keep-all cancels all scheduled actions on all packages (from the man-page). I have no experience with this situation, maybe the "keep-all" i

Re: dpkg --set-selections and aptitude

Jörg-Volker Peetz: > > First, let's see why aptitude wants do de-install a package: > > aptitude why-not $ sudo aptitude install Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Writing

Re: dpkg --set-selections and aptitude

First, let's see why aptitude wants do de-install a package: aptitude why-not -- Regards, Jörg-Volker. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: dpkg --set-selections and aptitude

Jochen> Do I get it right that you are doing it basically the same way Jochen> but just use 'aptitude install' instead of 'apt-get Jochen> dselect-upgrade'? yes Jochen> If yes, this puzzles me even further since I did the same as Jochen> you but when I run 'aptitude install' aptitude still w

Re: dpkg --set-selections and aptitude

Suno Ano: > Jochen> - How should I proceed concerning the auto/manual status of all > Jochen> those packages? > > below you can see how I replicate a system; since two or so years now, I > simply "inject" the package list on the new system and then "aptitude > install" does the trick i.e. ther

Re: dpkg --set-selections and aptitude

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Re: dpkg --set-selections and aptitude

Jochen> - How should I proceed concerning the auto/manual status of all Jochen> those packages? below you can see how I replicate a system; since two or so years now, I simply "inject" the package list on the new system and then "aptitude install" does the trick i.e. there is no crazy circular