On 7/30/05, Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 11:55:43AM +0200, Gena Batyan wrote: <snip> > > When trying to install a package using apt-get, it says among other > > things 'following packages will be REMOVED: ...' and this list is HUGE! > > > > I'll give an example. I'm trying to install gaim, which depends on the > > package libaspell15c2 > > > > What in the name of god is going on here??? How can a package request > > deinstallation of almost a complete system, most of the packages > > scheduled for removal have NOTHING to do with the library. > > > > below I include what apt-get shows me when trying to install this library. > > > > Any suggestions are appreciated... > > <snip> > 1. Don't Panic! > The choice is: > a) do not 'apt-get update' for a while > b) 'apt-get update' until it does not want to remove lots of stuff. > option B can happen in days, weeks or longer (ask here for how long > folks think it will take) > cheers, > Kev
Or hold packages (= in aptitude) at their current version and upgrade what you can, checking periodically to see if the newer packages are installable without much breakage.