In <[🔎] 20090325104415.GO19730@serveme.schnalke.local>, markus schnalke wrote: >[W]hen I issue: > > # apt-get purge ^openoffice.org.* > >it shows: > > The following packages will be REMOVED: > aspell* aspell-en* dictionaries-common* openoffice.org* > openoffice.org-base* openoffice.org-base-core* openoffice.org-calc* > openoffice.org-common* openoffice.org-core* openoffice.org-draw* > openoffice.org-filter-mobiledev* openoffice.org-impress* > openoffice.org-java-common* openoffice.org-kde* openoffice.org-math* > openoffice.org-officebean* openoffice.org-style-andromeda* > openoffice.org-style-crystal* openoffice.org-writer* > openoffice.org-writer2latex* python-uno* > >I wonder, why does aspell get removed here. Because it is marked as "automatically" installed. When there are (or will be) no more packages that depend on automatically installed packages, the automatically installed packages are automatically removed. >And, how do I prevent aspell from getting removed. # apt-get unmarkauto aspell Also, you should switch to using aptitude; it is the preferred interface to the apt packaging system since Etch was released. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. bss@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/ \_/
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