On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 18:31:56 +0100, andy wrote:
Hello
Is it me, or does the following output suggest a problem with the Xfce4*
libraries and their installation routine?
In any event, can anyone suggest a workaround for a current Lenny machine?
TIA.
Andy
Here is the trace:
~$ sudo apt-get install xfce4*
You are asking apt to install every package whose name contains "xfce",
"xfce4", "xfce44", "xfce444", etc. This is almost certainly not what you
meant; you are probably mixing up shell globbing patterns and regular
expressions.
AFAICT, the correct pattern ('^xfce' or 'xfce4.*', depending on what
exactly you meant by 'xfce*') also does not work because it simply
matches too many packages (including virtual ones); a number of these
packages conflict with each other, so you are asking for something that
is impossible.
Aptitude supports more complex search patterns which help to avoid
conflicts; one of the following three commands should do what you want:
aptitude install '~S~Atesting~nxfce4'
aptitude install '~S~Atesting~n^xfce4'
aptitude --with-recommends install xfce4
The first command installs all packages that have "xfce4" in their name
(plus dependencies), the second one installs the packages whose name
begins with "xfce4" (plus dependencies), and the last one installs the
xfce4 metapackage with all its dependencies and recommended packages.