On Du, 10 ian 21, 16:58:57, Joe wrote: > > I thought of the --get-selections route, but decided against it. There > may be a few specific packages responsible for the problems. Certainly > an exact clone is exactly what I don't want. So I'm spending a lot of > time with apt, taking the opportunity to change a few packages, lose > some of those I suspect I never use, and re-learning how to configure > the larger packages. In case you have popularity-contest installed try 'popcon-largest-unused' (relies on atime). > Did you know it is possible to get the latest Firefox into a state > where it will not run, even after reinstalling? 'Replace/delete the > profile', say the gurus, and all will be well. 'Run the Profile > Manager'. The Profile Manager will not run because it can't find a > profile. How stupid is that, when it is the means of creating a new > profile? The fix was to copy the profile from the old installation, > which I'm trying to avoid doing because some of the problems I'm having > may well be due to damaged profiles or configurations. I want a shiny > new sid, not something containing rusty bits of the old one. BTW, if I recall correctly the daily mini.iso in expert mode can be used to install sid directly. This is documented somewhere, so search engines should find it. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser
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