Re: How do I clear out a list

[Brian Schramm <bschramm@schramms.yi.org>]

I did a apt-get update.  Acually I followed the instructions on
www.progeny.com web site.  For your instructions, would that install them
or remove them?  

Brian

Brian Schramm
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On Fri, 6 Jul 2001, Joost Kooij wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 05, 2001 at 09:30:20PM -0400, Brian Schramm wrote:
> > I wanted to remove all the ximian files from my system since they are
> > giving me a lot of problems.  I also wanted to change to Progeny since I
> > have a vidio card that works better under xfree 4.x then xfree 3.x.  So, I
> > followed the instructions on how to do this.  
> > 
> > My problem is that the ximian files are still listed in my dselect list
> > even though I have taken the site out of my sources.list file.  How do I
> > get rid of them so I can install the ones from progeny and debian sites?
> 
> Have you run update from dselect?  If so, then they are probably still
> listed in dselect, because the packages from ximian are still installed
> on your system.  The versions of these packages in the debian archive
> are lower I guess, so they are not upgraded.
> 
> You can try typing this into a root shell:
> 
>  for pkg in $( COLUMNS=200 dpkg -l "*" | awk '/^ii.*ximian/ {print $2}' )
>  do
>    apt-get --reinstall install $pkg
>  done
> 
> Try:
> 
>  COLUMNS=200 dpkg -l "*" | grep ximian
>  
> to see if that fixed it.
> Cheers,
> 
> 
> Joost
>