Re: Help for damaged package management

To: Mankuthimma <mankuthimma@gmail.com>, Debian Users <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Subject: Re: Help for damaged package management
From: Bob Alexander <bob@ngi.it>
Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2005 12:36:05 +0200
Message-id: <[🔎] 4348F295.5080003@ngi.it>
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Mankuthimma wrote:

Now if I ask upgrading this package, the system wants to REMOVE
approximately 130 packages !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Most probably, you are missing a couple of gnome dependencies, try doing this

# aptitude install gnome-desktop-environment


OMG Mankuthimna !!!

I am running a KDE desktop and only a few components from GNOME asprereqs to stuff I use.


Tring to install what you suggest would want to install a TON of packages.

Not quite what I was looking for |

Thank you.
Bob

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