On Tue, 2003-11-25 at 01:36, tripolar wrote: > I open dselect and search / for nvidia > 3 choices come up. i enter return a few times, get to "install" enter > then this comes up > Why are all these kde programs being removed? Am I not doing something right? > Thanks > > "Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > The following packages will be REMOVED: > ark kappfinder karbon kate kcalc kcharselect kchart kcoloredit kcontrol > kcron kdebase-bin kdebase-kio-plugins kdelibs-bin kdelibs-data kdelibs4 > kdepasswd kdeprint kdesktop kdf kdict kedit kfind kformula kghostview > khelpcenter khexedit kicker kiconedit kit kivio kjots klipper kmail > kmenuedit knewsticker knode koffice koffice-data koffice-libs konqueror > konqueror-nsplugins konsole korn koshell kpackage kpager kpaint > kpersonalizer kpresenter kruler ksirc ksmserver ksnapshot ksplash kspread > ksysv ktimer ktip kugar kuser kview kwin kword libarts1 libartsc0 > libkdenetwork2 libkonq4 lpr secpolicy > The following NEW packages will be installed: > cupsys-bsd devscripts drscheme fakeroot junior-programming kdebase-doc > libarts libncurses5-dev libreadline4-dev libruby1.8 mzscheme nvidia-glx-src > nvidia-kernel-common nvidia-kernel-src ruby1.8 > The following packages will be upgraded > libruby ruby > 2 upgraded, 15 newly installed, 69 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > Need to get 11.0MB of archives. > After unpacking 110MB disk space will be freed. > Do you want to continue? [Y/n] n" dselect has a "feature" (the usefulness of which is constantly debated) which automatically makes some "intelligent" (see above comment) choices for you about upgrading packages. (Similar to doing an apt-get dist-upgrade, though I'm not sure if it's the same or not) Unfortunately, one missing dependency can cause dselect to try and suddenly uninstall a whole slew of important packages. This is why for doing little things like installing one or two packages, it's generally better to use apt-cache and apt-get. I generally only use dselect when I want to do a system-wide upgrade. (For which I find it to be infinitely better than an apt-get dist-upgrade due to the opportunity to review any impending additions removals and the chance to make changes.) -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837
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