Re: Huge autoremove list that looks crippling.
apt-get install task-gnome-desktop
worked.
On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 6:11 PM, John Tate <john@johntate.org> wrote:
> Debian removed iceweasel as far as I know.
>
> apt-get remove xul-ext-foxyproxy-standard seemed to start it.
>
> On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 4:54 PM, Andrei POPESCU
> <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Jo, 27 iun 13, 11:42:19, John Tate wrote:
>>> I installed xul-ext-foxyproxy-standard with the Iceweasel beta, it
>>> removed iceweasel, I have no idea why that happened maybe because it's
>>> beta. When I installed iceweasel again I got a huge autoremove list
>>> from hell itself.
>>>
>>> root@fekete:~# apt-get install iceweasel
>>> Reading package lists... Done
>>> Building dependency tree
>>> Reading state information... Done
>>> The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
>> ...
>>> Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
>> ...
>>> This is rather nasty behaviour.
>>
>> Short: try installing task-gnome-desktop
>>
>> Long: you probably removed some metapackage when you first removed
>> iceweasel, which is why this happens. You can either try to guess which
>> metapackage and install it back or just go through the list with
>> apt-mark.
>>
>> Note: the list would have probably been much bigger were it not for
>> circular depends/recommends.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Andrei
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