Re: KDE being removed?

Kent West wrote:

edwardsa wrote:

Katipo wrote:

edwardsa wrote:



Ron Johnson wrote:



edwardsa wrote:




I was doing an dist-upgrade and kde was being removed. Should I be
concerned?


Using aptitude?




Using apt-get



If you use KDE, it's a definite concern.
If you don't, you're better off for a lighter system.

Which release were you upgrading from and to?
When using apt-get, it's generally better to do -u dist-upgrade so that
you can see what's going on, from my days of using it.
Regards,




I do use kde. I was just wondering whether this package has been
subsumed by another. I'm running etch, and was just doing a routine
upgrade.


It's been my experience than when running unstable, packages get
b0rken and things like this sometimes happen. As a general rule, if
I'm paying attention, I can stop the upgrade and try again in a day or
two and things go well. If I'm not paying attention and I remove
something, usually just a simple install again restores things, since
removal doesn't remove config files.

I believe "kde" is a virtual package anyway, removal of it shouldn't
hurt you any.

The fact that it's a meta didn't occur to me - and should have.
I thought you were referring to the entire KDE ensemble.

Almost definitely the case.
Don't worry about it - just go ahead (You keep back-ups?).

But from memory, I only ever used a 'dist-upgrade' command when I was
moving from a 'testing' release to an 'unstable' one, for example.
The rest of the time it was simply a sequence of the two commands
'apt-get update' and 'apt-get upgrade'.
Others would probably be in a position to advise better.
Regards,


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