Re: is this sensible?
On 25 June 2014 10:51:17 BST, "François Patte" <francois.patte@mi.parisdescartes.fr> wrote:
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>Le 25/06/2014 11:01, Weaver a écrit :
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>> On Wed, June 25, 2014 1:57 am, François Patte wrote:
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>>> Le 25/06/2014 10:49, Lisi Reisz a écrit :
>>>> On Wednesday 25 June 2014 09:32:22 François Patte wrote:
>>>>> I wanted to update my gthumb package (wich became ugly for an
>>>>> unknown reason....). So I asked:
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>>>>> apt-get install gthumb
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>> Before installing anything, always update. This is what the
>> machine is actually trying to do.
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>> Update, so that everything is current, then install the required
>> package immediately, and you won't have that trouble. Cheers!
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>The problem is: why do I have to install, for instance, gcc-4.9-base
>gcc-4.9-base:i386 (I don't want to compile anything...)
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>why do I have to install these xserver:
>
> xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-input-evdev xserver-xorg-input-mouse
> xserver-xorg-input-synaptics xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse
> xserver-xorg-input-wacom xserver-xorg-video-all xserver-xorg-video-ati
> xserver-xorg-video-cirrus xserver-xorg-video-fbdev
>xserver-xorg-video-intel
> xserver-xorg-video-mach64 xserver-xorg-video-mga
> xserver-xorg-video-modesetting xserver-xorg-video-neomagic
> xserver-xorg-video-nouveau xserver-xorg-video-nvidia
> xserver-xorg-video-openchrome xserver-xorg-video-r128
> xserver-xorg-video-radeon xserver-xorg-video-savage
> xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion xserver-xorg-video-sisusb
> xserver-xorg-video-tdfx xserver-xorg-video-trident
>xserver-xorg-video-vesa
> xserver-xorg-video-vmware
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>I have an nvidia graphic card, so, if needed "nouveau" but I use the
>proprietary driver...
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>Why should I install systemd?
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>etc. etc.
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>I just wanted to work with gthumb, but it was broken by a preceeding
>update...
Check /var/cache/apt/archives. Is the previous version of gthumb that worked there?
If so try:
cd to that directory and
dpkg -i gthumb-$VERSION-No.deb
to downgrade.
rob
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