==== foo@example.domain$ sudo apt-get remove package-name Password: ..... Will uninstall 203 packages: gtk2-mm gtk2-mm-devel openoffice.org-2.0 openoffice.org-2.0-writer firefox-2 deb dpkg synaptic apt aptitude xorg-x11-server ..... Okay to proceed? (Y/N) ___ ==== Wait, so if I uninstall this package, I won't be able to install/uninstall other packages, I won't have any way to run a window manager, and... sigh This is why aptitude has been recommended over apt-get for ages (better dependency management), and this is also the kind of thing that turned me away from *buntu and Debian. This is why I prefer yum (Fedora). At least when I remove a package, only its NECESSARY dependencies are prompted to be removed. It is very rare when something goes wrong. I hear YaST (SUSE and openSUSE) is vastly improved too. Bottom line - To package maintainers: Don't screw up your packages! ------------------ Waiting patiently for XHTML 2.0, CSS 3.0, the ratification of C++0x, and the day that I can code without logic troubles. |
| Response Title | Author and Date |
| wow, i thought it was just me | mennonite on Jul 7 |
| Yeah, get back to me when you find a version worthwhile! | on Jul 7 |
| you really don't understand | mennonite on Jul 7 |
| You are the Perfect person to get the ball rolling! | on Jul 7 |
| actually no, been there, done that | mennonite on Jul 7 |
| * IE, they act like the FB people? Lol @ more pleasant. | on Jul 7 |
| Ubuntu uses apt because Debian uses it | qbguy on Jul 8 |
| you make a good point, it's not ubuntu | mennonite on Jul 8 |
| So what is the problem then? | on Jul 9 |
| the problem is, people are going to get him to try to use linux | mennonite on Jul 9 |
| PingPong | on Jul 9 |
| * Crap, another Linux discussion... I came here to play ping pong! | on Jul 10 |
| But this is a linux forum... | on Jul 11 |
| You can play games on Linux | qbguy on Jul 11 |
| Gee... | on Jul 11 |
| Now I know you're joking | qbguy on Jul 11 |