Re: Need some help ???

[marc <gmane@auxbuss.com>]

Larry Shields said...
> 
> I am in need of some help on not wanting some packages to be removed 
> when I try using either apt-get install (package name),  or using 
> Synaptic...They both want to remove alot of packages that I do not want 
> to do a total of 512...
> 
> So might anyone know what I need to do to eliminate the wanting of 
> synaptic, or apt-get to want to remove a bunch of files...???

A package marked as ready for upgrade in Synaptic might well do this. 
Try looking at the the #apt-get upgrade list and see if the offending 
packing is in the kept-back list. First, upgrade those in the upgrade 
list. Those kept back will follow.

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Best,
Marc