Re: APT-GET UPGRADE VS DIST-UPGRADE

[James Vahn <jvahn@short.circuit.com>]

Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
> apt-get dist-upgrade wanted to uninstall kde.

It's not removing KDE, it's removing kde: a "meta-package".

        root:~# apt-get remove kde
        Reading Package Lists... Done
        Building Dependency Tree... Done
        The following packages will be REMOVED:
          kde
          0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 6 not upgraded.
          Need to get 0B of archives.
          After unpacking 41.0kB disk space will be freed.
                          ^^^^^
KDE is a bit larger than 41K. ;-)

Let's say you got this message:
        The following packages will be REMOVED:
                  kde kdeaddons kvim vimpart

No problem at all (unless you're using kvim). Either pull them in from
Sid or wait a few days and try from Testing again. Or don't bother at
all - kde and kddeaddons are nothing, and you probably aren't using kvim.

Good luck!