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Re: Upgrading KDE and it's dependencies



Alejandro Exojo wrote:

> El Miércoles, 6 de Julio de 2005 02:40, Bob Proulx escribió:
>> aptitude dist-upgrade
>> The following NEW packages will be installed:
>> ...new dependencies...
>> The following packages will be REMOVED:
>> ...most kde packages...
>> The following packages will be upgraded:
>> ...useful packages...
>> Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?]
>>
>> What answer do you choose?  What are your follow-up actions?  Please
>> be specific.
> 
> 1. aptitude

It's taken some time to get used to, but I love aptitude.  But I'm _still_ not 
going to use that d$%*ned GUI!  :-)

Start with "aptitude upgrade", then it will upgrade most of the " ...useful 
packages...", and leave you with a much smaller problem list.

To follow up, if the problem is  a managable size, I'll then try upgrading a 
specific package to see which one is triggering removal of kde.

> What is not going to do a good service to users, is to share a root
> account where everyone is doing things in a different way. Teach them to
> use only aptitude or only apt-get, but the right way, please.

I've concluded that apt-get (much as I've loved it for years) is obsolete.  
Aptitude from the command line is better - yet command compatible.  It's 
definitely going to screw things up, though, if you're using both.
-- 
derek



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