Hello, I usually do a apt-get update apt-get upgrade
every couple of days. When there are bugs I just put packages on hold and wait it out, and after a month I try them individually, and if they are still buggy, then I leave them on hold. I decided tonight I was sick of this, so I would do apt-get dist-upgrade. It says it needs to update 6, install 12 new ones, remove 526, and hold 20. Now I am afraid to do this. Remove 526 packages!!? What's going on? Will my system still work? It took me a long time to get it to this point, and I would __hate__ to have to start all over if things get messed up. Here is the list of stuff it says it needs to remove: akode amor apt-show-source apt-show-versions apt-src apt-watch aptconf ark arson arts artsbuilder atlantik atlantikdesigner autoconf automake1.4 automake1.6 bibletime bibtex2html bookcase brahms build-essential capplets capplets-data celestia cervisia classpath-tools dcoprss debhelper debian-builder debian-cd debiandoc2dbxml debsums devscripts dia dia-common dia-gnome dictionaries-common digikam digikamplugins docbook docbook-dsssl dpkg-dev dpkg-ftp drip dvi2ps epiphany-browser eyesapplet festival festlex-cmu festlex-poslex festvox-kallpc16k fifteenapplet fig2ps firestarter free-java-sdk galeon galeon-common gcc-3.4 gconf2 gdeb gftp gftp-gtk ggz-gnome-client ggz-gtk-games ggz-kde-client ggz-kde-games gmessage gnome-applets gnome-applets-data gnome-apt gnome-control-center gnome-doc-tools gnome-gv gnome-media gnome-panel gnome-panel-data gnome-session gnome-system-monitor gnome-utils gnome2-user-guide gnuhtml2latex grip gs gs-common gs-gpl gstreamer0.8-misc guarddog guidedog gv gwenview gxine hotswap-gui iamerican ibritish ifrench intltool-debian ispell jade jadetex juk k3b k3blibs kaboodle kaddressbook kaddressbook-plugins kalarm kalzium kamera kandy kappfinder karbon karm kasteroids kate kate-plugins katomic kaudiocreator kbackgammon kbarcode kbattleship kbear kblackbox kbounce kbruch kcachegrind kcalc kcd kcdlabel kcharselect kchart kcmlinuz kcoloredit kcontrol kcpuload kcron kdat kdbg kde kde-amusements kde-core kde-extras kde-i18n-fr kdeaddons kdeaddons-kfile-plugins kdeadmin kdeadmin-kfile-plugins kdeartwork kdeartwork-style kdeartwork-theme-window kdebase kdebase-bin kdebase-kio-plugins kdeedu kdegames kdegraphics kdegraphics-kfile-plugins kdelibs kdelibs-bin kdelibs4 kdelirc kdemultimedia kdemultimedia-kappfinder-data kdemultimedia-kfile-plugins kdemultimedia-kio-plugins kdenetwork kdenetwork-filesharing kdepasswd kdepim kdepim-kfile-plugins kdepim-kio-plugins kdepim-wizards kdeprint kdesktop kdessh 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