installation of a package requests removal of a lot of packages
Hello!
I'm using unstable and I have encountered a strange situation a few times.
When trying to install a package using apt-get, it says among other
things 'following packages will be REMOVED: ...' and this list is HUGE!
I'll give an example. I'm trying to install gaim, which depends on the
package libaspell15c2
What in the name of god is going on here??? How can a package request
deinstallation of almost a complete system, most of the packages
scheduled for removal have NOTHING to do with the library.
below I include what apt-get shows me when trying to install this library.
Any suggestions are appreciated...
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debian:~# apt-get install libaspell15c2
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
aspell aspell-gl-minimos capplets-data epiphany-browser evolution
evolution-data-server gdm gnome-backgrounds gnome-control-center
gnome-doc-utils gnome-media gnome-netstatus-applet gnome-terminal
gnome-terminal-data gtkhtml3.6 iso-codes libcamel1.2-0
libebook1.2-3 libecal1.2-2 libedata-book1.2-2 libedata-cal1.2-1
libedataserver1.2-4 libedataserverui1.2-4 libegroupwise1.2-5
libgal2.4-0 libgal2.4-common libgtkhtml3.6-18 libnautilus-burn1
libselinux1 libxklavier10 libxml2 libxml2-dev libxml2-python2.3
pmount python2.3-libxml2 system-tools-backends yelp
Suggested packages:
aspell-doc spellutils mozilla-bonobo gnome-spell apmd msttcorefonts
esound-clients gstreamer0.8-alsa
Recommended packages:
aspell-en aspell-dictionary aspell6a-dictionary epiphany-extensions
gnome-pilot-conduits spamassassin evolution-plugins
The following packages will be REMOVED:
abiword-common abiword-gnome akregator amor ark artsbuilder
atlantik atlantikdesigner bluefish capplets cervisia dcoprss
eyesapplet fifteenapplet gedit gnome gnome-applets gnome-core
gnome-desktop-environment gnome-office juk kaboodle kaddressbook
kaddressbook-plugins kalarm kalzium kamera kandy kappfinder karm
kasteroids kate kate-plugins katomic kaudiocreator kbabel
kbackgammon kbattleship kbiff kblackbox kbounce kbruch kbugbuster
kcachegrind kcalc kcharselect kcmlinuz kcoloredit kcontrol kcron
kdat kde kde-amusements kde-core kde-devel kdeaddons
kdeaddons-kfile-plugins kdeadmin kdeadmin-kfile-plugins kdeartwork
kdeartwork-style kdeartwork-theme-window kdebase kdebase-bin
kdebase-dev kdebase-kio-plugins kdeedu kdegames kdegraphics
kdegraphics-kfile-plugins kdelibs kdelibs-bin kdelibs4 kdelibs4-dev
kdelirc kdemultimedia kdemultimedia-kappfinder-data
kdemultimedia-kfile-plugins kdemultimedia-kio-plugins kdenetwork
kdenetwork-filesharing kdepasswd kdepim kdepim-kfile-plugins
kdepim-kio-plugins kdepim-wizards kdeprint kdesdk
kdesdk-kfile-plugins kdesdk-misc kdesktop kdessh kdetoys kdeutils
kdevelop3 kdevelop3-data kdevelop3-plugins kdewebdev kdf kdict kdvi
kedit keduca kenolaba kfax kfilereplace kfind kfloppy kfouleggs
kgamma kget kghostview kgoldrunner kgpg khangman khelpcenter
khexedit kicker kicker-applets kiconedit kig kimagemapeditor
kitchensync kiten kjots kjumpingcube klaptopdaemon klatin klettres
klickety klines klinkstatus klipper kmahjongg kmail kmailcvt
kmenc15 kmenuedit kmessedwords kmid kmilo kmines kmix kmoon kmplot
kmrml kmtrace knewsticker knode knotes kodo kolf kolourpaint
kommander kompare konq-plugins konqueror konqueror-nsplugins
konquest konsole konsolekalendar kontact kooka kopete korganizer
korn kpackage kpager kpat kpdf kpercentage kpersonalizer kpf kpilot
kpoker kpovmodeler kppp krdc krec kregexpeditor kreversi krfb
kruler ksame kscd kscreensaver kscreensaver-xsavers kshisen ksig
ksim ksirc ksirtet ksmiletris ksmserver ksnake ksnapshot ksokoban
kspaceduel ksplash kspy kstars ksvg ksync ksysguard ksysv kteatime
ktimer ktip ktnef ktouch ktron ktuberling kturtle ktux kuickshow
kuiviewer kuser kverbos kview kviewshell kvoctrain kwalletmanager
kweather kwifimanager kwin kwin4 kwordquiz kworldclock kxsldbg
libarts1-mpeglib libarts1-xine libaspell15 libcvsservice0
libenchant1 libkcal2a libkcddb1 libkdeedu1 libkdegames1
libkdenetwork2 libkdepim1 libkgantt0 libkleopatra0a libkonq4
libkonq4-dev libkpimexchange1 libkpimidentities1 libkscan1
libksieve0 librss1 licq licq-plugin-kde lskat mpeglib nautilus
nautilus-media noatun noatun-plugins quanta secpolicy umbrello
vimpart
The following NEW packages will be installed:
aspell aspell-gl-minimos gdm gnome-backgrounds gnome-doc-utils
gnome-netstatus-applet gnome-terminal-data gtkhtml3.6 iso-codes
libaspell15c2 libcamel1.2-0 libebook1.2-3 libedata-book1.2-2
libedata-cal1.2-1 libedataserverui1.2-4 libegroupwise1.2-5
libgal2.4-0 libgal2.4-common libgtkhtml3.6-18 libnautilus-burn1
libselinux1 libxklavier10 libxml2-python2.3 pmount
python2.3-libxml2 system-tools-backends
The following packages will be upgraded:
capplets-data epiphany-browser evolution evolution-data-server
gnome-control-center gnome-media gnome-terminal libecal1.2-2
libedataserver1.2-4 libxml2 libxml2-dev yelp
12 upgraded, 26 newly installed, 261 to remove and 189 not upgraded.
Need to get 34.8MB of archives.
After unpacking 366MB disk space will be freed.
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