[NBLUG/talk] apt-get issues

[E Frank Ball]

On Mon, Aug 07, 2006 at 02:31:49PM -0700, Robert Hayes wrote:
} Recently, almost anything I try to upgrade results in the following message.
} 
} Konqueror (3.3.2 on KDE 3.3.2) has been quirky for about a week now, and I'm 
} growing tired of having to work for it instead of the other way around.
} 
} I decided to see if there were any upgrades, so I used the command:
} 
} apt-get -u install kde
} 
} The following was the result. This doesn't seem right to me.
} 
} WARNING: The following essential packages will be removed
} This should NOT be done unless you know exactly what you are doing!
}   e2fsprogs sysvinit
} 366 upgraded, 211 newly installed, 87 to remove and 784 not upgraded.
} Need to get 368MB of archives.
} After unpacking 77.6MB of additional disk space will be used.
} You are about to do something potentially harmful
} To continue type in the phrase 'Yes, do as I say!'
} 
} If I run 
} 
} apt-get -f install
} 
} everything runs smoothly and returns:
} 
} 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1174 not upgraded.
} 
} Any ideas, anyone?


You have something wrong, and it has nothing to do with installing KDE.

Compare to my system:

apt-get -f install
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.

Your system should not be saying "1174 not upgraded".

Has this system been updated recently (like in the last year or two)?

What does "apt-get upgrade" do?

What distribution and version are you using?

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   E Frank Ball                frankb at frankb.us