Re: but it's not going to be installed

[mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com>]

On 2019-04-15 21:00, Cindy Sue Causey wrote:
> On 4/15/19, mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I typed
> > "apt install mypaint"
> > mypaint depends on mypaint-data but it's not going to be installed
> > seen that mypaint-data was there so
> > "apt install mypaint-data"
> > ...installs OK
> > "apt install mypaint"
> > no complaints
> > what's that all about then ?
>
>
> Apparently for one thing, it's about some kind of package
> conflicts'ISH with GIMP GNU Image Manipulation Program. Via "apt-get
> install --dry-run" mypaint-data, I received the following:
>
> The following packages will be REMOVED:
>   gimp gimp-ufraw libmypaint-1.3-0 libmypaint-common
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
>   mypaint-data
> 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 4 to remove and [yada-yada large
> packages] not upgraded.
>
> If you didn't have GIMP installed, that wouldn't have hit your radar.
>
> Speaking as a GIMP fan nearly since their first days, OUCH!! :)
>
> Cindy :)
apt put it back together, thanks for doing that, reassuring as to what 
went.
there's a windows version of mypaint so I'll play with that.
mick
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