cant apt-get/dselect after update

**Stephen** · 04-29-2003, 10:12 PM

Originally Posted by qa1433

Thanks Steve,
The most important thing is the command you mentioned.
apt-get -s upgrade

The -s option is something I learned from you.

This will save my behind.

paul

I use the -s for everything apt does saves you a whole lot of headaches if you try it out first.

**qa1433** · 04-30-2003, 04:25 PM

Just an update with my trials and sometimes failures of apt-get.!

It works!
Comment out everything except the stable, unstable and testing trees.

This is the first time I did an upgrade without breaking my install.

Also, use the apt-get -s (whatever you want to do ) to simulate what apt-get will do and check to make sure it is not going to remove any system packages you need or other packages you want.

Pretty Kool!
Thanks to all for helping me get a better understanding of this rebust command.
paul

**mew** · 04-30-2003, 05:34 PM

David, I tried using your example source.list, but it didn't solve my problem.

What I'm trying to achieve:
Eventually, I want to remove/install/update .debs to remaster a customized CD. But before I put a lot of effort to customize the system, I simply want to ensure my package inventory is without conflicts, so I can start with a known-good baseline.

So I'm starting with a pristine unpack of the compressed filesystem, and a minimal sources.list, which I do a apt-get update; apt-get dist-upgrade. It is obviously expected that many packages will be upgraded; my concern is the conflict about mount-aes.

From the responses above, I'm going on the assuption my sources.list wasnt minimal enough, so I've reduced it to simply:

Code:

deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free

However, when I apt-get dist-upgrade, I still get:

WARNING: The following essential packages will be removed
This should NOT be done unless you know exactly what you are doing!
mount-aes

I find that warning unsettling and unexpected for what should be a relatively benign operation. The issue is that the dist-upgrade is trying to install mount.deb, but that conflicts with already-installed mount-aes.deb; apt is deciding that one of them must go, but it says I must type "Yes, do as I say!" Why the conflict and the dire warning?

So what is the right/best way to fix the conflict that's trying to remove mount-aes? Is my sources.list missing the repository that provides mount-aes.deb? (I did have non-us repositories, but that didn't help) Or should I just let the mount.deb replace mount-aes, and not worry about it?

TIA

**mew** · 04-30-2003, 05:39 PM

Originally Posted by qa1433

Comment out everything except the stable, unstable and testing trees.

Could you post your actual functioning sources.list? Thanks

**qa1433** · 05-01-2003, 04:43 AM

mew,
Please see below. Also note that the Apt Config File point to testing. So if there are major dependencies problems say from unstable it will not upgrade it. This is to protect you from trashing your system.

In my previous post I mentioned that I commented out everything except the unstable tree. This could be the main reason for me trashing your system.
paul

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