Why apt-get sets such packages as manually installed?
Hi, When you don't know that you already have a given package, and that you want to install it, apt-get tells you that you already have it, and sets it to `manually installed.' Why does it set it to `manually installed' like this? What's the interest? Most of the time, I don't know that I have a given package, and copy/paste a long list of packages that is needed for building something. Thanks. -- Merciadri Luca See http://www.student.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~merciadri/ I use PGP. If there is an incompatibility problem with your mail client, please contact me. Look on the sunny side of life. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Why apt-get sets such packages as manually installed?
On Seg, 05 Jul 2010, Merciadri Luca wrote: When you don't know that you already have a given package, and that you want to install it, apt-get tells you that you already have it, and sets it to `manually installed.' Why does it set it to `manually installed' like this? What's the interest? Most of the time, I don't know that I have a given package, and copy/paste a long list of packages that is needed for building something. If you asked for a package to be installed, it is reasonable to assume that you want that package. If it is already installed, then naturally there is no need to reinstall - but since you asked for it, it is marked as manually installed - the same result you'd obtain if it was not installed. -- The future not being born, my friend, we will abstain from baptizing it. -- George Meredith Eduardo M KALINOWSKI edua...@kalinowski.com.br -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100705162111.14081bxm05byq...@mail.kalinowski.com.br
Re: Why apt-get sets such packages as manually installed?
Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: On Seg, 05 Jul 2010, Merciadri Luca wrote: When you don't know that you already have a given package, and that yo= u want to install it, apt-get tells you that you already have it, and se= ts it to `manually installed.' Why does it set it to `manually installed'= like this? What's the interest? Most of the time, I don't know that I have a given package, and copy/paste a long list of packages that is needed for building something. If you asked for a package to be installed, it is reasonable to assume that you want that package. If it is already installed, then naturally there is no need to reinstall - but since you asked for it, it is marked as manually installed - the same result you'd obtain if it was not installed. --=20 Merciadri Luca See http://www.student.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~merciadri/ I use PGP. If there is an incompatibility problem with your mail client, please contact me. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Why apt-get sets such packages as manually installed?
Sorry, Enigmail bug. And is there a way to prevent it from behaving like this? Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: On Seg, 05 Jul 2010, Merciadri Luca wrote: If you asked for a package to be installed, it is reasonable to assume that you want that package. If it is already installed, then naturally there is no need to reinstall - but since you asked for it, it is marked as manually installed - the same result you'd obtain if it was not installed. -- Merciadri Luca See http://www.student.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~merciadri/ I use PGP. If there is an incompatibility problem with your mail client, please contact me. Effort is important, but knowing where to make an effort makes all the difference! signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
