Re: aptitude purge vlc removes approximately 116 other KDE packages

2016-02-25 Thread Lisi Reisz
; My guess is that the trigger was > > phonon-backend-vlc > > that various KDE components depend on, notifications in particular. > > > I have the complete aptitude purge log in a file on disk so the names > > are readily available, but, there must be a more efficient wa

Re: aptitude purge vlc removes approximately 116 other KDE packages

2016-02-25 Thread Felix Miata
> I have the complete aptitude purge log in a file on disk so the names > are readily available, but, there must be a more efficient way to > reinstall the 116 packages. > Is there a KDE meta-package that will install the majority of KDE that > was removed? Most of it will pr

Re: aptitude purge vlc removes approximately 116 other KDE packages

2016-02-25 Thread The Wanderer
the others.) If you install either the GStreamer or the NULL backend before purging vlc, you should be able to avoid this massive removal set. > I have the complete aptitude purge log in a file on disk so the > names are readily available, but, there must be a more efficient way > to reinsta

aptitude purge vlc removes approximately 116 other KDE packages

2016-02-25 Thread Keith Christian
dependent on vlc? 116 removals just to get rid of one package is quite alot! I have the complete aptitude purge log in a file on disk so the names are readily available, but, there must be a more efficient way to reinstall the 116 packages. Is there a KDE meta-package that will install the majority

Re: A question about `aptitude purge'

2009-06-07 Thread jidanni
Daniel Burrows dburr...@debian.org writes: the bash completion stuff is actually stored in /etc/bash_completion, which is part of the bash package. $ apt-file search /etc/bash_completion|wc -l 500 $ apt-file --fixed-string search /etc/bash_completion bash-completion: /etc/bash_completion --

Re: A question about `aptitude purge'

2009-06-05 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Thu, Jun 04, 2009 at 05:38:43PM +0200, Sven Joachim svenj...@gmx.de was heard to say: On 2009-06-04 18:16 +0200, Rodolfo Medina wrote: I did: # aptitude purge mplayer . After that, the bash completion was still working for the `mplayer' command, That's because bash reads

A question about `aptitude purge' (was: Replacing a Debian package with the original source package)

2009-06-04 Thread Rodolfo Medina
I did: # aptitude purge mplayer . After that, the bash completion was still working for the `mplayer' command, and besides the ~/.mplayer directory was still there. Does this mean that not *all* the configuration stuff was removed, as supposed `aptitude purge' to do? Thanks Rodolfo

Re: A question about `aptitude purge'

2009-06-04 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
Rodolfo Medina wrote: I did: # aptitude purge mplayer . After that, the bash completion was still working for the `mplayer' command, and besides the ~/.mplayer directory was still there. Does this mean that not *all* the configuration stuff was removed, as supposed `aptitude purge

Re: A question about `aptitude purge'

2009-06-04 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2009-06-04 18:16 +0200, Rodolfo Medina wrote: I did: # aptitude purge mplayer . After that, the bash completion was still working for the `mplayer' command, That's because bash reads the completion code only once, when it starts up. Try starting a fresh shell, e.g. with exec bash

Re: aptitude --purge

2008-09-20 Thread Michelle Konzack
purge instead of removing. I.e., nothing like APT::Get::Purge. The undocumented --purge doesn't work like apt-get's. One must follow with a # aptitude purge ~c to clean up the mess. Not Read The Fine Manual? man 8 aptitude Thanks, Greetings and nice Day/Evening Michelle Konzack

Re: aptitude --purge

2008-08-31 Thread Justin Jereza
The following packages will be REMOVED: telnet{a} - also purge instead of removing. I.e., nothing like APT::Get::Purge. The undocumented --purge doesn't work like apt-get's. One must follow with a # aptitude purge ~c to clean up the mess. If I understand you correctly, you want all

Re: aptitude --purge

2008-08-31 Thread Andrei Popescu
will be REMOVED: telnet{a} - also purge instead of removing. I.e., nothing like APT::Get::Purge. The undocumented --purge doesn't work like apt-get's. One must follow with a # aptitude purge ~c to clean up the mess. You are not right. Purge is {p}, not {a}. Also, you probably

Re: aptitude --purge

2008-08-31 Thread Daniel Burrows
with a # aptitude purge ~c to clean up the mess. If I understand you correctly, you want all automatically removed packages to get purged instead. I have the following in my ~/.aptitude/config to do just that: Aptitude ; Aptitude::Purge-Unused true; Won't work: telnet-ssl is being purged

Re: aptitude --purge

2008-08-30 Thread Daniel Burrows
purges and have that stick. So I guess the only way out is to hack the backend so that when a hypothetical Aptitude::Purge is enabled, it flicks packages to purge when they're first marked for removal and not afterwards. I suppose you could file a wishlist bug asking for this feature to be added

Re: aptitude --purge

2008-08-30 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 12:05:10PM +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] was heard to say: Yes, I'm saying I want a {p} but all I can get is an {a}. This is bug 486454 apparently, which is quite easy to reproduce by installing back and forth telnet and telnet-ssl back and forth back and forth. I never

Re: aptitude --purge

2008-08-29 Thread jidanni
will be REMOVED: telnet{a} - also purge instead of removing. I.e., nothing like APT::Get::Purge. The undocumented --purge doesn't work like apt-get's. One must follow with a # aptitude purge ~c to clean up the mess. EVL You are not right. Purge is {p}, not {a}. Yes, I'm saying I want a {p} but all

Re: aptitude --purge

2008-08-27 Thread Eugene V. Lyubimkin
. I.e., nothing like APT::Get::Purge. The undocumented --purge doesn't work like apt-get's. One must follow with a # aptitude purge ~c to clean up the mess. You are not right. Purge is {p}, not {a}. -- Eugene V. Lyubimkin aka JackYF, Ukrainian C++ developer. signature.asc Description

aptitude --purge

2008-08-26 Thread jidanni
::Purge. The undocumented --purge doesn't work like apt-get's. One must follow with a # aptitude purge ~c to clean up the mess. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: aptitude purge

2008-08-25 Thread freeman
database without actually purging the packages, which would probably remove the newer version including its configuration? I cannot put the packages on hold since they are not installed and I sometimes like to use aptitude purge ~c after uninstalling a lot of packages... I handle

Re: aptitude purge

2008-08-23 Thread Chris Bannister
On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 11:33:19PM +0200, Tammo Schuelke wrote: Please don't send HTML email to the list. Hi, I recently removed the etch version of amanda and installed a newer one because of a blocksize problem which was resolved there. How did you install the newer one? I didn't

Re: aptitude purge

2008-08-20 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 11:33:19PM +0200, Tammo Schuelke [EMAIL PROTECTED] was heard to say: Is there a way to remove these entries from the apt database without actually purging the packages, which would probably remove the newer version including its configuration? No. Daniel --

Re: aptitude purge

2008-08-20 Thread Shachar Or
-server   Is there a way to remove these entries from the apt database without actually purging the packages, which would probably remove the newer version including its configuration? I cannot put the packages on hold since they are not installed and I sometimes like to use aptitude purge ~c

RE: aptitude purge

2008-08-20 Thread Tammo Schuelke
I usually do so (or create debian packages myself), but since they already provide amd64 Debian etch packages I just installed them with dpkg, e.g. http://www.zmanda.com/downloads/community/Amanda/2.6.0p1/Debian-Etch/amanda-backup-client_2.6.0p1-1_amd64.deb Unfortunately, the package has a

Re: Mysql fails to install after aptitude purge mysql-server --purge-unused

2008-06-19 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 15:46:41 -0700, S D wrote: That line in the script reads: echo -e # created by debconf\n[mysqld]\nold_passwords = $RET /etc/mysql/conf.d/old_passwords.cnf This does not seem to require that old_passwords.cnf exists beforehand. Is there still enough

Re: [SOLVED] Mysql fails to install after aptitude purge mysql-server --purge-unused

2008-06-19 Thread S D
--- On Thu, 6/19/08, Florian Kulzer Maybe you can recreate the /etc/mysql/conf.d/ directory and the installation will be successful. That was one of the first things I tried but it didn't work out, it leads to more problems. If that does not work then run dpkg -S etc/mysql to find

Re: Mysql fails to install after aptitude purge mysql-server --purge-unused

2008-06-18 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 18:34:53 -0700, S D wrote: Hi, For some reason mysql fails to install after running aptitude purge mysql-server --purge-unused. I want a clean, fresh mysql installation and don't care about what happens to the old mysql data/config files/etc. It appears the install

Re: Mysql fails to install after aptitude purge mysql-server --purge-unused

2008-06-18 Thread S D
That line in the script reads: echo -e # created by debconf\n[mysqld]\nold_passwords = $RET /etc/mysql/conf.d/old_passwords.cnf This does not seem to require that old_passwords.cnf exists beforehand. Is there still enough space on all the relevant partitions, Yes, free space doesn't

Mysql fails to install after aptitude purge mysql-server --purge-unused

2008-06-17 Thread S D
Hi, For some reason mysql fails to install after running aptitude purge mysql-server --purge-unused. I want a clean, fresh mysql installation and don't care about what happens to the old mysql data/config files/etc. It appears the install scrip is looking for the old /etc/mysql/conf.d

Re: aptitude purge flashplugin-nonfree hang

2008-06-16 Thread Paul Csanyi
Andrew Sackville-West [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 08:47:10AM +0200, Paul Csanyi wrote: Hello! My System is Debian GNU/Linux Etch and Half. I have installed flashplugin-nonfree and it works well with iceweasel so far. ... I can't to purge nor remove

Re: aptitude purge flashplugin-nonfree hang

2008-06-16 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
THis got moved off-list accidently... summarizing below for posterity On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 01:25:10PM +0200, Paul Csanyi wrote: Andrew Sackville-West [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 08:47:10AM +0200, Paul Csanyi wrote: Hello! My System is Debian GNU/Linux Etch and

aptitude purge flashplugin-nonfree hang

2008-06-15 Thread Paul Csanyi
Hello! My System is Debian GNU/Linux Etch and Half. I have installed flashplugin-nonfree and it works well with iceweasel so far. Then I edit /apt/sources.list --- deb http://www.backports.org/debian etch-backports main contrib non-free --- and setup apt to can use deb packages from Debian

Re: aptitude purge flashplugin-nonfree hang

2008-06-15 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 08:47:10AM +0200, Paul Csanyi wrote: Hello! My System is Debian GNU/Linux Etch and Half. I have installed flashplugin-nonfree and it works well with iceweasel so far. ... I can't to purge nor remove flashplugin-nonfree with aptitude. Aptitude hangs at this

Re: aptitude purge flashplugin-nonfree hang

2008-06-15 Thread Oleg Batrashev
Hi, I've already answered in private but forgot to click reply all instead of reply. I can't to purge nor remove flashplugin-nonfree with aptitude. Paul , please provide details of what happens when you attempt to remove aptitude. Preferably, copy and paste the console output including the

Re: aptitude: purge statt remove

2005-06-09 Thread Ulrich =?ISO-8859-1?Q?F=FCrst?=
Ole Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Am Mittwoch, 8. Juni 2005 21:29 schrieb Andreas Pakulat: On 08.Jun 2005 - 17:27:14, Ole Janssen wrote: Hallo, gibt es eine Möglichkeit, aptitude so einzustellen, dass es automatisch zu löschende Pakete bei aptitude purge ... oder aptitude

Re: aptitude: purge statt remove

2005-06-09 Thread Ulrich =?ISO-8859-1?Q?F=FCrst?=
Ulrich Fürst [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dabei steht in man aptitude bei einigen Optionen explizit dabei: (this overrides settings in /etc/apt/apt.conf and ~/.aptitude/config) Sorry, das ist wohl ein bischen schlecht ausgedrückt; gemeint ist: Wenn man mit Kommandozeilenoptionen Optionen der

Re: aptitude: purge statt remove

2005-06-09 Thread Jens Schüßler
* Ulrich Fürst [EMAIL PROTECTED] [09-06-05 18:10]: Ulrich Fürst [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dabei steht in man aptitude bei einigen Optionen explizit dabei: (this overrides settings in /etc/apt/apt.conf and ~/.aptitude/config) Sorry, das ist wohl ein bischen schlecht ausgedrückt; gemeint

aptitude: purge statt remove

2005-06-08 Thread Ole Janssen
Hallo, gibt es eine Möglichkeit, aptitude so einzustellen, dass es automatisch zu löschende Pakete bei aptitude purge ... oder aptitude dist-upgrade purged statt diese nur zu removen? Also ich suche so etwas wie die Kommandozeilenoption --purge von apt-get bzw. die Konfigurationseinstellung

Re: aptitude: purge statt remove

2005-06-08 Thread Andreas Pakulat
On 08.Jun 2005 - 17:27:14, Ole Janssen wrote: Hallo, gibt es eine Möglichkeit, aptitude so einzustellen, dass es automatisch zu löschende Pakete bei aptitude purge ... oder aptitude dist-upgrade purged statt diese nur zu removen? Also ich suche so etwas wie die Kommandozeilenoption

Re: aptitude: purge statt remove

2005-06-08 Thread Ulrich =?ISO-8859-1?Q?F=FCrst?=
Andreas Pakulat [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 08.Jun 2005 - 17:27:14, Ole Janssen wrote: Hallo, gibt es eine Möglichkeit, aptitude so einzustellen, dass es automatisch zu löschende Pakete bei aptitude purge ... oder aptitude dist-upgrade purged statt diese nur zu removen? Also ich

Re: aptitude: purge statt remove

2005-06-08 Thread Jens =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sch=FC=DFler?=
* Ulrich Fürst [EMAIL PROTECTED] [08-06-05 22:54]: Andreas Pakulat [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 08.Jun 2005 - 17:27:14, Ole Janssen wrote: Hallo, gibt es eine Möglichkeit, aptitude so einzustellen, dass es automatisch zu löschende Pakete bei aptitude purge ... oder aptitude

Re: aptitude: purge statt remove

2005-06-08 Thread Ulrich =?ISO-8859-1?Q?F=FCrst?=
Jens Schüßler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Allerdings kann man die mit dem Cursor oder besser Markierungsbalken auf der entsprechenden Kategorie und einem p alle darin befindlichen Packete auf purge stellen. Habe gerade rausgefunden, das man sich die nicht gepurgten Pakete in aptitude

Re: aptitude: purge statt remove

2005-06-08 Thread Jens =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sch=FC=DFler?=
* Ulrich Fürst [EMAIL PROTECTED] [09-06-05 00:04]: Jens Schüßler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Allerdings kann man die mit dem Cursor oder besser Markierungsbalken auf der entsprechenden Kategorie und einem p alle darin befindlichen Packete auf purge stellen. Habe gerade rausgefunden,

Re: aptitude: purge statt remove

2005-06-08 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2005-06-08 17:27:14, schrieb Ole Janssen: Hallo, gibt es eine Möglichkeit, aptitude so einzustellen, dass es automatisch zu löschende Pakete bei aptitude purge ... oder aptitude dist-upgrade purged statt diese nur zu removen? Also ich suche so etwas wie die Kommandozeilenoption

Re: aptitude: purge statt remove

2005-06-08 Thread Ole Janssen
Am Mittwoch, 8. Juni 2005 21:29 schrieb Andreas Pakulat: On 08.Jun 2005 - 17:27:14, Ole Janssen wrote: Hallo, gibt es eine Möglichkeit, aptitude so einzustellen, dass es automatisch zu löschende Pakete bei aptitude purge ... oder aptitude dist-upgrade purged statt diese nur zu removen

Re: aptitude: purge statt remove

2005-06-08 Thread Ole Janssen
Am Mittwoch, 8. Juni 2005 23:45 schrieb Jens Schüßler: * Ulrich Fürst [EMAIL PROTECTED] [08-06-05 22:54]: Also bei funktioniert dieser Eintrag unter sarge auch nicht. Es gibt diese Variable ja auch nicht in der Konfiguration von aptitude. Die Variablen von apt-get interessieren aptitude

Re: aptitude: purge statt remove

2005-06-08 Thread Ole Janssen
Am Donnerstag, 9. Juni 2005 00:37 schrieb Michelle Konzack: Am 2005-06-08 17:27:14, schrieb Ole Janssen: gibt es eine Mglichkeit, aptitude so einzustellen, dass es automatisch zu lschende Pakete bei aptitude purge ... oder aptitude dist-upgrade purged statt diese nur zu removen? Also ich

Re: aptitude: purge statt remove

2005-06-08 Thread Jens =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sch=FC=DFler?=
Antwort an Ulrich. Die Search Patterns kann man auch in den Befehlen benutzen, zB. aptitude search ~c aptitude purge ~c würde alle diese Pakete auf der Kommandozeile purgen, aber es schadet auch nicht, sich vorher anzuschauen, was da entfern wird. Manchmal will man ja die Konfiguration auch