Re: dist-upgrade problem
Zach wrote:
> I routinely run apt-get upgrade and apt-get dist-upgrade to keep my
> packages up to date,
> well when I went to do a dist-upgrade today it wants to install many
> texlive-* packages, yet i don't have texlive installed and i don't
> want it installed ! i use tetex for my tex/latex needs and don't want
> to install another tex distribution. why is dist-upgrade wanting to
> install these packages? how can i tell it to NOT install them? i run
> testing release and 2.6.18 kernel.
>
> regards,
> zach
Hi Zach,
It might be a better idea to run aptitude (or apt-get) upgrade rather than
dist-upgrade as a matter of routine. I think you will avoid these kinds of
problems this way.
Cheers,
Jonathan
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