Hi Bob, (every time I see your avatar, it makes me want to go back and finish up my pilot's license. :) )
Thanks for your advice. I think the package manager got confused, but I was able to apt-get install kde-full. It added about half a dozen packages, but it also brought the ones i was having issues with back into the fold. Thanks for pushing me in the right direction. --b On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 6:46 PM, Bob Proulx <b...@proulx.com> wrote: > Brad Alexander wrote: > > Calculating upgrade... The following packages were automatically > installed > > and are no longer required: > > akonadiconsole akregator amor ark avogadro-data blinken blogilo bomber > > bovo > > cantor cervisia crda cvs cvsservice dnsmasq-base dragonplayer easy-rsa > > gnugo > > ...snip... > > step svgpart sweeper texlive-latex-base texlive-latex-base-doc > > translate-toolkit umbrello usb-modeswitch usb-modeswitch-data valgrind > > valgrind-dbg vpnc wireless-regdb wpasupplicant > > Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. > > Did you install these with KDE and then along the way remove the kde > meta package? > > > I am deathly afraid to apt-get autoremove, because I see a lot of things > in > > there that I use, such as akregator, gwenview, kwalletmanager, > > Then in that case mark them as being something you want to keep > around. The easy way is simply to fire the install command on them. > > apt-get install akregator gwenview kwalletmanager ... > > That will say that they are up to date and then also say that it is > marking them as manually installed. > > There is also the 'apt-mark manual foo' command to mark foo as > manually installed too. Either way is fine. For this apt-get install > is one less thing to remember. > > > So is this for real, and if I apt-get autoremove, it will gut my > > system, or am I missing some detail and it's all good? > > As currently known if you run apt-get autoeremove it will remove those > packages. But if you are using those packages then don't do that. :-) > Instead simply mark them as being manually installed. > > Mark a few of the top level ones and then run autoremove, answer 'n'o. > Then pick another top level package and mark it. Then run autoremove > again and answer 'n'o again. Repeat until you have marked to keep all > of the packages that you want to keep. Almost certainly along the way > you will find some package that you don't want and will decide to let > it go. The automatically installed list is just a helper to help you > maintain your system. But it is a simple thing and doesn't know about > all cases such as the removal of a kde meta package. You are > certainly encouraged to use judgement and drive it the way you want. > > Bob >
