--- Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I'm an idiot, and I gave you bad advice.
>
> dpkg -r /var/cache/apt/archives would work and would
> resolve the
> dependencies (and would take a long time).
>
Carl,
It went through everything, and I'm not sure that the
above would do anything diffe
--- Tim Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> It works fine when you go from one (former) stable
> release to another,
> though you would probably have to enter it several
> times.
>
Tim,
I am going from stable to testing so that may be the
problem. My instinct was that iterating through those
On Tue, Oct 12, 2004 at 12:35:19PM -0700, Eric Dickner wrote:
>
> That was a very powerful command that I will remember
> for later use...after I reinstall Woody and start
> over. Tons of things were installed that "apt-get
> dist-upgrade" missed but they ended up hosing the
> system. I had to b
On Tue, Oct 12, 2004 at 12:35:19PM -0700, Eric Dickner wrote:
> Some of the dependency conflicts make no sense. One
> that I remember clearly was libstdc++5 needed gcc-3.3
> to be configured. The *very next package* was gcc-3.3
> that said it needed libstdc++5 to be configured
> (WTH?!).
I'm an
--- Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 11, 2004 at 04:21:08PM -0700, Eric
> Dickner wrote:
>
> > ... I got all the
> > packages...the problem is they sit in the
> > /var/cache/apt/archives directory uninstalled,
> except
> > for a few crucial ones that hurt more than they
> > he
On Mon, Oct 11, 2004 at 04:21:08PM -0700, Eric Dickner wrote:
> ... I got all the
> packages...the problem is they sit in the
> /var/cache/apt/archives directory uninstalled, except
> for a few crucial ones that hurt more than they
> helped, like libc6 2.3.x.
How about 'find /var/cache/apt/archi
--- Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What distribution did you START with?
"Woody", 2.2.20-idepci, from CD's I purchased.
>What distro is your sources.list pointing to?
"testing" from the main station. I ran "apt-get
dist-upgrade" pointing to a mirror at MIT but it was
missing some
--- Bill Marcum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Have you tried "aptitude"?
>
I bet it is in that mass of .debs that are downloaded
but not installed I am sure it is a much needed
improvement to "dselect"
ejd
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On Monday 11 October 2004 10:25 am, Thomas Adam wrote:
> COLUMNS=200 dpkg -l | awk '/^ii/ {print $2}' | xargs apt-get --reinstall
> install
I took the liberty of making a script from this excellent tip:
#!/bin/bash
# This script *MUST* be ran either
# as root or under sudo.
# The 'COLUMNS=2
On Mon, Oct 11, 2004 at 07:43:40AM -0700, Eric Dickner wrote:
> ... the whole system out of whack. For example, I now have a new
> kernel (2.4.27-x) and the new lib6c library (2.3.x) going but very
> little else is up to date. The compiler is 2.95 which puts it out
> of whack with both the old k
On Mon, Oct 11, 2004 at 07:43:40AM -0700, Eric Dickner wrote:
>
> I tried to use "dselect" but was unable to make it
> work. That was likely my fault as I found the the
> interface very confusing. If "dselect" is my only
> choice I will go back to "dpkg -i" and laboriously cut
> and paste all the
--- Thomas Adam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The following command will reinstall all packages on
> your system:
>
> COLUMNS=200 dpkg -l | awk '/^ii/ {print $2}' | xargs
> apt-get --reinstall
> install
>
> -- Thomas Adam
So I should just give up on using "apt-get
dist-upgrade" and try to go b
--- Eric Dickner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> choice I will go back to "dpkg -i" and laboriously cut
> and paste all the warnings and do it by hand.
The following command will reinstall all packages on your system:
COLUMNS=200 dpkg -l | awk '/^ii/ {print $2}' | xargs apt-get --reinstall
install
I downloaded hundreds of packages through an online
"apt-get dist-upgrade" from a fast mirror and then
from the central download site; I assumed that they
were being installed by apt as it went along (it tok a
day and a half by modem) but it seems only bits and
pieces were installed.
The bits and
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