Re: aptitude deleted most of packages!!

["Ninenineone Efx" <efx.ninenineone@gmail.com>]

Thanks.

I have another Linux system in other drive so it did not upset me alot.
But, it was quite something.

2007/4/18, Joe Hart <j.hart@orange.nl>:
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> Ninenineone Efx wrote:
> > I think I made a big mistake.
> >
> > I executed the following command to install a font package.
> >
> >   aptitude install ttf-unfonts
> >
> > After it installed the font package, it began to remove packages.
> > I did not expect it delete most of package files so fast.
> > :-(
> >
> >
> Looks like you've been bitten by aptitude being "smart".  In the future
> don't blindly answer yes to questions.  Read what they are going to say.
>
> Now, as for getting your apps back.  They *should* all be in the apt's
> cache.  You just need to reinstall them.  If you can't figure out which
> ones to reinstall, then maybe aptitude was right and you didn't need
> them anyway (there are log files to check to see what was removed).
>
> Joe
>
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