Re: Preventing apt-get from removing pkgs while installing others
----- Original Message -----
From: "Travis Crump" <pretzalz@techhouse.org>
To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 11:54 AM
Subject: Re: Preventing apt-get from removing pkgs while installing others
> David De Graff wrote:
> >>
> >>What does "apt-get install -t unstable initrd-tools gcc-3.2" give you?
> > > > It then says that initrd-tools is the newest version (but does not
try to
> > remove it), and then tries to remove the kernel image while installing
the
> > gcc-3.2 and related packages:
> >
>
>
> Well, then "apt-get install -t unstable initrd-tools gcc-3.2
> kernel-image-2.4.19-686" should fix your problem. I think that the fact
> that you are installing gcc-3.2 is a red herring. Have you tried
> installing anything else recently without having this problem?
I just installed kernel-source-2.4.19 and started an install of links, and
neither time did apt try to remove initrd-tools or kernel-image-2.4.19-686.
See install session text at bottom of this message.
>Check to
> see what dpkg thinks the states of initrd-tools and
> kernel-image-2.4.19-686 should be with "dpkg --get-selections | sed
> --silent -e '/kernel-image/p' -e '/initrd-tool/p'". I have a feeling
> they are set to something other than 'install'...
They are set to install, which makes the removal attempts odd.
root:/# dpkg --get-selections | sed --silent -e '/kernel-image/p' -e
'/initrd-tool/p'
initrd-tools install
kernel-image-2.4.19-686 install
BTW, finding this info is even easier with feta, 'front-end to apt':
root:/# feta list initrd-tools kernel-image-2.4.19-686
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err:
uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-========================-========================-
ii initrd-tools 0.1.28 Tools to generate an
initrd image.
ii kernel-image-2.4.19-686 2.4.19-1 Linux kernel image
2.4.19 on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/PIV.
root:/#
I recommend checking feta out at:
http://www.sacredchao.net/software/feta/
Install session info for other packages:
root@coral:/# feta install links
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
libgpmg1 liblua40 liblualib40
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libgpmg1 liblua40 liblualib40 links
0 packages upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 11 not upgraded.
Need to get 484kB of archives. After unpacking 1236kB will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] n
Abort.
W: An error occurred trying to use the 'install' command.
W: If you run Feta with -V, more information about the error may be printed.
root:/#
root:/# apt-get install kernel-source-2.4.19
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
kernel-source-2.4.19
0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 11 not upgraded.
Need to get 25.7MB of archives. After unpacking 25.8MB will be used.
Get:1 http://linux.csua.berkeley.edu testing/main kernel-source-2.4.19
2.4.19-1 [25.7MB]
Fetched 25.7MB in 35s (718kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package kernel-source-2.4.19.
(Reading database ... 13678 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking kernel-source-2.4.19 (from
.../kernel-source-2.4.19_2.4.19-1_all.deb) ...
Setting up kernel-source-2.4.19 (2.4.19-1) ...
root:/#
Thanks,
Dave
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