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Re: How to use aptitude




On Sun, 26 Aug 2007, hendrik@topoi.pooq.com wrote:
On Sun, Aug 26, 2007 at 01:12:26PM -0500, Don Montgomery wrote:

Michael, thanks very much.  I have only used apt-*
previously, I will check out aptitude.  --Don

WARNING:

aptitude keeps track of which packages you requested explicitly, and
which were only installed to satisfy a dependency.  Unfortunately, ir t
only knows you explicitly requested a package if you used aptitude to
request it.  This means you may find it offering to delete important
packages if that would solve a conflict.  If it does, it's a sign you
need to exokicitly request something using aptitude!


So, if I have that right, I need to keep a close eye on what aptitude offers to uninstall, if I previously used 'apt-get install package' extensively? And, in that case, I can abort, and use aptitude to install/reinstall said important packages, and after that aptitude might better resolve the original conflict in dependencies?

Thanks, Don

-- hendrik




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