Re: apt-get dist-upgrade -f giving some odd error when trying to remove gdm

On Sat, Jul 07, 2001 at 11:06:15PM +0200, Joost Kooij wrote: > On Sat, Jul 07, 2001 at 02:25:55PM +1200, bewm wrote: > > hi, > > > > i typed in, apt-get dist-upgrade -f > > it downloads all the files like normal, > > but for them to install it had to remove a package called gdm... > > this is what

Re: apt-get dist-upgrade -f giving some odd error when trying to remove gdm

On Sat, Jul 07, 2001 at 02:25:55PM +1200, bewm wrote: > hi, > > i typed in, apt-get dist-upgrade -f > it downloads all the files like normal, > but for them to install it had to remove a package called gdm... > this is what it said when it tried to remove it: > > Removing gdm ... > dpkg: error pr

Re: apt-get dist-upgrade -f giving some odd error when trying to remove gdm

On Sat, Jul 07, 2001 at 02:25:55PM +1200, bewm wrote: | hi, | | i typed in, apt-get dist-upgrade -f | it downloads all the files like normal, | but for them to install it had to remove a package called gdm... You probably want to keep gdm -- it s the login dialog yo usee when you have X run at bo

apt-get dist-upgrade -f giving some odd error when trying to remove gdm

hi, i typed in, apt-get dist-upgrade -f it downloads all the files like normal, but for them to install it had to remove a package called gdm... this is what it said when it tried to remove it: Removing gdm ... dpkg: error processing gdm (--remove): subprocess pre-removal script returned error ex