on Tue, Mar 27, 2001 at 10:06:14PM +0200, bounce-debian-user=kmself=ix.netcom.com@lists.debian.org (bounce-debian-user=kmself=ix.netcom.com@lists.debian.org) wrote: > Hi, > > I just installed alsa the other day, and like to get esound to work with it. But when I give the command > > #apt-get install esound-alsa > Reading Package Lists... 100% > Building Dependency Tree... Done > The following extra packages will be installed: > asclock-themes atlas2 gperiodic libbonobo2 libesd0 libgal4 libgconf11 > libgdk-pixbuf2 libglade0 liboaf0 libterm-readkey-perl libunicode0 libzvt2 oaf > octave octave2.0 pdl perl-5.6 r-base rasmol scrollkeeper task-science tcl8.0 > tk8.0 yorick zlib-bin > The following packages will be REMOVED: > balsa bug-buddy codecommander dia eeyes eog gaim-gnome gdm glade-gnome gmc > gnapster gnome-admin gnome-applets gnome-bin gnome-card-games > gnome-control-center gnome-core gnome-games gnome-gataxx gnome-glines > gnome-gnibbles gnome-gnobots2 gnome-gnometris gnome-gnomine gnome-gnotravex > gnome-gtali gnome-gturing gnome-gv gnome-help gnome-iagno gnome-iconedit > gnome-mahjongg gnome-media gnome-network gnome-panel gnome-panel-data > gnome-pim gnome-pim-conduits gnome-same-gnome gnome-session gnome-stones > gnome-terminal gnome-utils gnome-xbill gnomeicu gnosamba gnotepad+ gnucash > gnumeric grdb gtop guitar helix-sweetpill libcapplet0 libesd-alsa0 > libgdk-pixbuf-gnome2 libglade-gnome0 libgnomeui32 libobgnome0 memprof pan > rep-gtk-gnome sawfish sawfish-gnome task-helix-core xchat-gnome > The following NEW packages will be installed: > asclock-themes atlas2 esound-alsa gperiodic libbonobo2 libesd0 libgal4 > libgconf11 liboaf0 libterm-readkey-perl libunicode0 oaf octave2.0 pdl > perl-5.6 r-base rasmol scrollkeeper tcl8.0 tk8.0 yorick zlib-bin > 5 packages upgraded, 22 newly installed, 66 to remove and 185 not upgraded. > Need to get 14.4MB/14.5MB of archives. After unpacking 44.6MB will be freed. > Do you want to continue? [Y/n] > > apt-get wants to remove almost my entire gnome-installation. If I am > correct all packages which are to be removed share the fact that they > rely in someway on esound. But I am installing esound, so why should > they be removed? According to dpkg --get-selections those packages > which are to be removed are not selected for deinstallation. When I > pass the option --no-remove to apt-get it just exits, without > installing the rest of the sofware. I am kind of new to this whole > linux/debian thing, so I don't have a clue in which direction to > search for an answer. All help very much appreciated. Fix your mailer -- wrap at 72 chars. Check dependencies on esound-alsa and/or one or more of the packages to be removed. To prevent their removal you can place them on hold, see dpkg docs and --get-selections and --set-selections options. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org
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