Re: apt-get purge fails vs ssh -Y for root gfx

2015-05-21 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 21 May 2015 07:11:00 Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 06:22:37AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Greetings all; First problem solved. I had already done that and forgotten it. Can I blame it on oldtimers since I'm 80yo? ;-) New version installed, a couple sessions with c

Re: apt-get purge fails vs ssh -Y for root gfx

2015-05-21 Thread Reco
east worried about security related stuff. > > Trying to apt-get purge the repos ancient amanda-common and amanda-client > packages from one of my boxes so I can install the correct debs from > that zmanda site. > > I have been a week trying to make those ancient versions work wi

apt-get purge fails vs ssh -Y for root gfx

2015-05-21 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings all; 2 problems. Wheezy or wheezy derived installs on all 3 boxes on my local network, which I am the only user of, and all behind a dd-wrt install on the router, so I am not in the least worried about security related stuff. Trying to apt-get purge the repos ancient amanda-common

Re: How to remove/purge outdated packages that are removed from repositories (apt-get --purge remove fails)

2013-05-10 Thread Matthias Nagel
Am Donnerstag 09 Mai 2013, 13:26:32 schrieb Ralf Mardorf: > On Thu, 09 May 2013 13:21:02 +0200, Matthias Nagel > wrote: > > Am Donnerstag 09 Mai 2013, 12:59:20 schrieb Sven Joachim: > >> My suggestion is to try "dpkg --purge ", but I would also like > >> to know how you got yourself into this si

Re: How to remove/purge outdated packages that are removed from repositories (apt-get --purge remove fails)

2013-05-09 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2013-05-09 13:21 +0200, Matthias Nagel wrote: > Am Donnerstag 09 Mai 2013, 12:59:20 schrieb Sven Joachim: >> On 2013-05-09 11:41 +0200, Matthias Nagel wrote: >> >> > after I had upgraded to Wheezy this week, I ran the command >> > "apt-show-versions | egrep -v wheezy" and I was suprised to see

Re: How to remove/purge outdated packages that are removed from repositories (apt-get --purge remove fails)

2013-05-09 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 09 May 2013 13:21:02 +0200, Matthias Nagel wrote: Am Donnerstag 09 Mai 2013, 12:59:20 schrieb Sven Joachim: My suggestion is to try "dpkg --purge ", but I would also like to know how you got yourself into this situation. Mmh, OK. But in this case I need the actual *.deb-file, don't I

Re: How to remove/purge outdated packages that are removed from repositories (apt-get --purge remove fails)

2013-05-09 Thread Matthias Nagel
archive > > Those are indeed all dead and gone from the archive. > > > Theses packages also own some files, that are of no need any more (for > > example, libvolume-id0 0.125-7+lenny3 owns the file > > /lib/libvolume.0.). I wanted to remove these packages and tried >

Re: How to remove/purge outdated packages that are removed from repositories (apt-get --purge remove fails)

2013-05-09 Thread Sven Joachim
chive > libvolume-id0 0.125-7+lenny3 installed: No available version in archive Those are indeed all dead and gone from the archive. > Theses packages also own some files, that are of no need any more (for > example, libvolume-id0 0.125-7+lenny3 owns the file > /lib/libvolume.0.

How to remove/purge outdated packages that are removed from repositories (apt-get --purge remove fails)

2013-05-09 Thread Matthias Nagel
years ago. (Thas was the time, my servers were set up.) Theses packages also own some files, that are of no need any more (for example, libvolume-id0 0.125-7+lenny3 owns the file /lib/libvolume.0.). I wanted to remove these packages and tried the command apt-get --purge remove libvolume-id

Re: apt-get --purge

2008-03-16 Thread Ron Johnson
hich stopped tomcat starting, so I >>> tried to de-install it. >>> >>> I ran apt-get remove tomcat5.5-admin >>> >>> The problem though remained - the tomcat manager settings were >>> preventing a clean start-up. >>> >>> So I ran apt-g

Re: apt-get --purge

2008-03-16 Thread Adam Hardy
an apt-get --purge remove tomcat5.5-admin This made no difference. So I ran apt-get --purge remove tomcat5.5 to clear the whole lot. However it let various tomcat files in /usr/share/tomcat5.5/ which I manually deleted. Those files that you deleted probably belong to some other package that

Re: apt-get --purge

2008-03-15 Thread Raj Kiran Grandhi
m with the tomcat manager installed by tomcat5.5-admin, which stopped tomcat starting, so I tried to de-install it. I ran apt-get remove tomcat5.5-admin The problem though remained - the tomcat manager settings were preventing a clean start-up. So I ran apt-get --purge remove tomcat5.5-admin Th

apt-get --purge

2008-03-15 Thread Adam Hardy
installed by tomcat5.5-admin, which stopped tomcat starting, so I tried to de-install it. I ran apt-get remove tomcat5.5-admin The problem though remained - the tomcat manager settings were preventing a clean start-up. So I ran apt-get --purge remove tomcat5.5-admin This made no difference

RE: help with "apt-get purge"

2007-07-17 Thread Tony Heal
l Pace Systems Group, Inc. 800-624-5999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -Original Message- > From: Zach [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2007 12:05 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: help with "apt-get purge" > > On 6/23/07, Christ

Re: help with "apt-get purge"

2007-06-24 Thread Bob Proulx
Zach wrote: > Christopher Nelson wrote: > >To see for yourself, try it on any "-data" package. > > That's true but I like controlling exactly what is purged and I prefer > CLI over GUI. apt-get is a CLI. Try 'apt-get remove --purge somepackage'. Bob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: help with "apt-get purge"

2007-06-23 Thread Zach
On 6/23/07, Christopher Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The problem with this solution being that you have to work out dependancy chains by yourself, where an apt-get/aptitude purge will work them out for you. To see for yourself, try it on any "-data" package. That's true but I like contro

Re: help with "apt-get purge"

2007-06-23 Thread Christopher Nelson
1.06.2007 15:55: >> > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=133421 promised me >> > > that "apt-get purge" now works (0.7.2) but it complains that it's an >> > > invalid operation. >> > >> > Dunno if you didn't

Re: help with "apt-get purge"

2007-06-22 Thread Zach
1 promised me > > that "apt-get purge" now works (0.7.2) but it complains that it's an > > invalid operation. > > Dunno if you didn't see it but the last mail in this report says that the patch > providing the "purge" operation was not applie

Re: help with "apt-get purge"

2007-06-21 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
On 6/21/07, Mathias Brodala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi. Tshepang Lekhonkhobe, 21.06.2007 15:55: > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=133421 promised me > that "apt-get purge" now works (0.7.2) but it complains that it's an > invalid operation.

Re: help with "apt-get purge"

2007-06-21 Thread Mathias Brodala
Hi. Tshepang Lekhonkhobe, 21.06.2007 15:55: > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=133421 promised me > that "apt-get purge" now works (0.7.2) but it complains that it's an > invalid operation. Dunno if you didn’t see it but the last mail in this report says

Re: help with "apt-get purge"

2007-06-21 Thread Nigel Henry
On Thursday 21 June 2007 15:55, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > Hi, > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=133421 promised me > that "apt-get purge" now works (0.7.2) but it complains that it's an > invalid operation. > > -- > my place on the web:

help with "apt-get purge"

2007-06-21 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
Hi, http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=133421 promised me that "apt-get purge" now works (0.7.2) but it complains that it's an invalid operation. -- my place on the web: floss-and-misc.blogspot.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

apt-get purge (was Re: Why did Debian bundle exim...)

2005-12-05 Thread Ken Irving
nge "remove" to "purge" if you're not going to ever need > the exim4 configuration files. ;-) I wish it worked that way, but it needs to be "apt-get --purge remove ..." since purge isn't provided as a command to apt-get. I guess aptitude does provide the pu

Re: Doing an "apt-get --purge remove" after an earlier "remove"?

2002-12-06 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 10:38:27PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.12.05.1757 +0100]: > > Then there's nothing more to do. The "purge" step only makes a > > difference if the package has a post-removal script; it seems that this > > one doesn't. >

Re: Doing an "apt-get --purge remove" after an earlier "remove"?

2002-12-06 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.12.05.1757 +0100]: > Then there's nothing more to do. The "purge" step only makes a > difference if the package has a post-removal script; it seems that this > one doesn't. Does it not also clean out config files? -- .''`. martin f. krafft

Re: Doing an "apt-get --purge remove" after an earlier "remove"?

2002-12-06 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 08:58:59AM -0500, Lloyd Zusman wrote: > Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Right. Also, the technical meaning of "foo depends on bar" for Debian > > packages is that foo will not be configured until bar is configured. > > Once a package is removed (even if not purg

Re: Doing an "apt-get --purge remove" after an earlier "remove"?

2002-12-06 Thread Lloyd Zusman
Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 07:34:40AM -0500, Lloyd Zusman wrote: >> Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > That does indeed suggest that it's those packages you need to purge. >> >> Aha! Yes, that did the trick. I incorrectly assumed that dpsyco-li

Re: Doing an "apt-get --purge remove" after an earlier "remove"?

2002-12-06 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 07:34:40AM -0500, Lloyd Zusman wrote: > Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > That does indeed suggest that it's those packages you need to purge. > > Aha! Yes, that did the trick. I incorrectly assumed that dpsyco-lib > and dpsyco-base would be dependent on dpsyco

Re: Doing an "apt-get --purge remove" after an earlier "remove"?

2002-12-06 Thread Lloyd Zusman
Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 05:36:40AM -0500, Lloyd Zusman wrote: >> >> [ ... ] >> > So 'dpkg --purge dpsyco-base dpsyco-lib' has no effect? That would be > strange. I ask because you might have just tried 'dpkg --purge dpsyco', > which does indeed appear to

Re: Doing an "apt-get --purge remove" after an earlier "remove"?

2002-12-06 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 05:36:40AM -0500, Lloyd Zusman wrote: > Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Erm, if it's been removed and there are no conffiles and no post-removal > > script, then there should be nothing left to remove. Otherwise it's a > > bug. Could you elaborate on what packag

Re: Doing an "apt-get --purge remove" after an earlier "remove"?

2002-12-06 Thread Lloyd Zusman
Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 07:50:44PM -0500, Lloyd Zusman wrote: >> >> [ ... ] >> >> OK. So then I won't worry about "--purge" not working here. I guess >> I'll just dig into the installation scripts and try to figure out what >> they created, so I can get

Re: Doing an "apt-get --purge remove" after an earlier "remove"?

2002-12-05 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 07:50:44PM -0500, Lloyd Zusman wrote: > Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 10:14:01AM -0500, Lloyd Zusman wrote: > >> dpkg - warning: ignoring request to remove the-package which > >> isn't installed. > >> > >> ... and none of the remai

Re: Complete Re-Install (was Re: Doing an "apt-get --purge remove" after an earlier "remove"?)

2002-12-05 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 03:38:45PM -0600, Jeremy Turner wrote: > On Thu, 2002-12-05 at 12:56, Colin Watson wrote: > > Oh, both post-removal scripts and conffiles, yes. Post-removal scripts > > often purge configuration files that aren't managed by dpkg. > > > > The full details of purging are in t

Re: Doing an "apt-get --purge remove" after an earlier "remove"?

2002-12-05 Thread Lloyd Zusman
Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 10:14:01AM -0500, Lloyd Zusman wrote: >> >> [ ... ] >> >> dpkg - warning: ignoring request to remove the-package which >> isn't installed. >> >> ... and none of the remaining pieces of "the-package" are removed. > > Then ther

Complete Re-Install (was Re: Doing an "apt-get --purge remove"after an earlier "remove"?)

2002-12-05 Thread Jeremy Turner
On Thu, 2002-12-05 at 12:56, Colin Watson wrote: > On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 10:27:21AM -0700, Bob Proulx wrote: > > Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-12-05 16:57:23 +]: > > > Then there's nothing more to do. The "purge" step only makes a > > > difference if the package has a post-removal sc

Re: Doing an "apt-get --purge remove" after an earlier "remove"?

2002-12-05 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 10:27:21AM -0700, Bob Proulx wrote: > Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-12-05 16:57:23 +]: > > Then there's nothing more to do. The "purge" step only makes a > > difference if the package has a post-removal script; it seems that this > > one doesn't. > > I think yo

Re: Doing an "apt-get --purge remove" after an earlier "remove"?

2002-12-05 Thread Bob Proulx
Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-12-05 16:57:23 +]: > On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 10:14:01AM -0500, Lloyd Zusman wrote: > > ... and none of the remaining pieces of "the-package" are removed. How are you determining that pieces of the package are remaining? They should not be there at that po

Re: Doing an "apt-get --purge remove" after an earlier "remove"?

2002-12-05 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 10:14:01AM -0500, Lloyd Zusman wrote: > Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 09:34:01AM -0500, Lloyd Zusman wrote: > >> In other words, I intended to type this: > >> > >> apt-get --pur

Re: Doing an "apt-get --purge remove" after an earlier "remove"?

2002-12-05 Thread Lloyd Zusman
Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 09:34:01AM -0500, Lloyd Zusman wrote: >> In other words, I intended to type this: >> >> apt-get --purge remove the-package >> >> ... but I inadvertantly typed this: >> >> a

Re: Doing an "apt-get --purge remove" after an earlier "remove"?

2002-12-05 Thread Jason Bleazard
On Thu, 05 Dec 2002 09:34:01 Lloyd Zusman wrote: . In these cases, is there any way that I can now do the equivalent of the "--purge" without re-installing the package and re-issuing the "remove" command with the "--purge" flag? Try 'dpkg -P' or 'dpkg --purge' if the latter is easier to r

Re: Doing an "apt-get --purge remove" after an earlier "remove"?

2002-12-05 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 09:34:01AM -0500, Lloyd Zusman wrote: > In other words, I intended to type this: > > apt-get --purge remove the-package > > ... but I inadvertantly typed this: > > apt-get remove the-package > > In these cases, is there any way that I c

Doing an "apt-get --purge remove" after an earlier "remove"?

2002-12-05 Thread Lloyd Zusman
previously installed package, I have accidentally left out the "--purge" option to the "apt-get" command. In other words, I intended to type this: apt-get --purge remove the-package ... but I inadvertantly typed this: apt-get remove the-package In these cases, is there