Re: aptitude again

[Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com>]

On Thu, 30 Jun 2016, Lisi Reisz wrote:

> Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2016 12:34:23
> From: Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: aptitude again
> Resent-Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2016 16:35:58 +0000 (UTC)
> Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>
> aptitude upgrade is now removing things.  I ought, of course, to have
> typed safe-upgrade, but I thought only full-upgrade was supposed to
> remove anything.
>
> Am I dealing with root-kit or malware of some kind??
>
> Lisi
Doesn't aptitude have a --keep-all flag to cover situations like this? 
If yes, I don't know if it will work but from what little I understand 
it's supposed to install only and not delete any packages.  Will it work 
for you?  I don't know I've never had cause to use it.

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