Re: [DNG] corrupted aptitude state -- SOLVED

2017-01-25 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 08:25:31PM +0100, Florian Zieboll wrote: > On Wed, 25 Jan 2017 20:15:06 +0100 > Florian Zieboll wrote: > > > $ rm /var/lib/aptitude/pkgstates* > > > I forgot to mention that aptitude will re-populate the file on the next > run. Of course it did when I

Re: [DNG] corrupted aptitude state -- SOLVED

2017-01-25 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 08:15:06PM +0100, Florian Zieboll wrote: > On Wed, 25 Jan 2017 13:44:26 -0500 > Hendrik Boom wrote: > > > > It turns out my problems with aptitude seem to be over, after doing > > > > apt purge aptitude > > apt install aptitude > > >

Re: [DNG] corrupted aptitude state -- SOLVED

2017-01-25 Thread Florian Zieboll
On Wed, 25 Jan 2017 20:15:06 +0100 Florian Zieboll wrote: > $ rm /var/lib/aptitude/pkgstates* I forgot to mention that aptitude will re-populate the file on the next run. f. ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org

Re: [DNG] corrupted aptitude state -- SOLVED

2017-01-25 Thread Florian Zieboll
On Wed, 25 Jan 2017 13:44:26 -0500 Hendrik Boom wrote: > It turns out my problems with aptitude seem to be over, after doing > > apt purge aptitude > apt install aptitude This appears to be a kind of redmondish solution... I'm wondering, if $ rm

Re: [DNG] corrupted aptitude state -- SOLVED

2017-01-25 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 06:37:08PM +, KatolaZ wrote: > On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 01:22:17PM -0500, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > [cut] > > > > > Where can I find complete documentation for apt-*? > > > > As usual, the complete documentation is to be found by means of: > > man apt-get > man

Re: [DNG] corrupted aptitude state. (WAS: python-sipsimple dependencies

2017-01-25 Thread KatolaZ
On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 01:22:17PM -0500, Hendrik Boom wrote: [cut] > > Where can I find complete documentation for apt-*? > As usual, the complete documentation is to be found by means of: man apt-get man apt-cache man apt-mark But in general you will just need: - apt-get install

Re: [DNG] corrupted aptitude state. (WAS: python-sipsimple dependencies

2017-01-25 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 04:36:13PM +, KatolaZ wrote: > On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 10:58:10AM -0500, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > [cut] > > > > > So uninstalling and purging aptitude's configuration looks viable. As long > > as it > > doesn't do nasties like uninstalling grub and wicd, which it

Re: [DNG] corrupted aptitude state.

2017-01-25 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 05:56:41PM +0100, info at smallinnovations.nl wrote: > On 25-01-17 16:58, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > > >So uninstalling and purging aptitude's configuration looks viable. As long > >as it > >doesn't do nasties like uninstalling grub and wicd, which it was threatening > >to

Re: [DNG] corrupted aptitude state. (WAS: python-sipsimple dependencies

2017-01-25 Thread info at smallinnovations.nl
On 25-01-17 16:58, Hendrik Boom wrote: So uninstalling and purging aptitude's configuration looks viable. As long as it doesn't do nasties like uninstalling grub and wicd, which it was threatening to do a while ago. But I might first create myself an up-to-date bootable USB installation

Re: [DNG] corrupted aptitude state. (WAS: python-sipsimple dependencies

2017-01-25 Thread KatolaZ
On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 10:58:10AM -0500, Hendrik Boom wrote: [cut] > > So uninstalling and purging aptitude's configuration looks viable. As long > as it > doesn't do nasties like uninstalling grub and wicd, which it was threatening > to do > a while ago. > > But I might first create