Re: How do I blacklist a package?

2020-10-13 Thread didier gaumet
My bad , you 're right :-) Not only apt and apt-get play safe here but even aptitude does not react as I was thinking it would: the three of them refuse to install a package when they meet a forbidden dependency

Re: How do I blacklist a package?

2020-10-13 Thread Stefan Monnier
> I have no knowledge of this matter, but from what I understand from > sse2-support package page (1), by forbidding its installation you will get > rid of your error message without being rid of the error: that is précisely > its purpose to warn you, by failing to install, that a package that has

Re: How do I blacklist a package?

2020-10-13 Thread didier gaumet
Hello Stefan, I have no knowledge of this matter, but from what I understand from sse2-support package page (1), by forbidding its installation you will get rid of your error message without being rid of the error: that is précisely its purpose to warn you, by failing to install, that a pack

Re: How do I blacklist a package?

2020-10-12 Thread Michael Lange
Hi, On Mon, 12 Oct 2020 18:29:14 -0400 Stefan Monnier wrote: > > In /etc/apt/preferences.d/, create no-sse2-support: > > > > # never install this package, ever > > Package: sse2-support > > Pin: release * > > Pin-Priority: -1 > > Thanks, it seems to be working. > > It's a bit annoying that the

Re: How do I blacklist a package?

2020-10-12 Thread Stefan Monnier
> In /etc/apt/preferences.d/, create no-sse2-support: > > # never install this package, ever > Package: sse2-support > Pin: release * > Pin-Priority: -1 Thanks, it seems to be working. It's a bit annoying that the resulting constraints aren't easily visible (e.g. APT just keep searching or tells

Re: How do I blacklist a package?

2020-09-13 Thread Stefan Monnier
>> APT keeps wanting to install `sse2-support` on my dear Thinkpad X30, but >> that machine's CPU does not support SSE2, so the package's installation >> always fails. >> >> How can I tell APT that it shouldn't *try* to install `sse2-support`? >> >> I tried to put a "hold" on the package with >>

Re: How do I blacklist a package?

2020-09-12 Thread Michael Stone
On Sat, Sep 12, 2020 at 04:28:46PM -0500, John Hasler wrote: Some package you are trying to install must either depend on that package or recommend it. Try installing that package with --no-install-recommends. The entire purpose of that package is to prevent the installation of other packages

Re: How do I blacklist a package?

2020-09-12 Thread John Hasler
Some package you are trying to install must either depend on that package or recommend it. Try installing that package with --no-install-recommends. -- John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com Elmwood, WI USA

Re: How do I blacklist a package?

2020-09-12 Thread Rogério Brito
Hi, Stefan. On 12/09/2020 17.30, Stefan Monnier wrote: APT keeps wanting to install `sse2-support` on my dear Thinkpad X30, but that machine's CPU does not support SSE2, so the package's installation always fails. How can I tell APT that it shouldn't *try* to install `sse2-support`? I tried to

Re: How do I blacklist a package?

2020-09-12 Thread Dan Ritter
Stefan Monnier wrote: > APT keeps wanting to install `sse2-support` on my dear Thinkpad X30, but > that machine's CPU does not support SSE2, so the package's installation > always fails. > > How can I tell APT that it shouldn't *try* to install `sse2-support`? > > I tried to put a "hold" on the

How do I blacklist a package?

2020-09-12 Thread Stefan Monnier
APT keeps wanting to install `sse2-support` on my dear Thinkpad X30, but that machine's CPU does not support SSE2, so the package's installation always fails. How can I tell APT that it shouldn't *try* to install `sse2-support`? I tried to put a "hold" on the package with echo "sse2-support"