On Tue, 28 May 2024, Michael Grant wrote: > On Mon, May 27, 2024 at 12:59:34PM -0500, David Wright wrote: >> So what did it say after that? > > Sorry, here's the entire output of one of the tries: > > [bottom /etc/mail #1168] apt install libdb5.3/bookworm db5.3-util/bookworm > db-util/bookworm > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree... Done > Reading state information... Done > Selected version '5.3.28+dfsg2-1' (Debian:12.5/stable [amd64]) for 'libdb5.3' > Selected version '5.3.28+dfsg2-1' (Debian:12.5/stable [amd64]) for > 'db5.3-util' > Selected version '5.3.2' (Debian:12.5/stable [all]) for 'db-util' > The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer > required: > acl apache2-data apache2-utils augeas-lenses avahi-daemon clamav-base > colord-data git-man gnupg-l10n gnupg-utils gpg-wks-server guile-3.0-libs > ipp-usb libapr1 libaprutil1 > libaprutil1-dbd-sqlite3 libaugeas0 libavahi-core7 libcolorhug2 libdaemon0 > libexif12 libgphoto2-l10n libgphoto2-port12 libgudev-1.0-0 libgusb2 > libhashkit2 libieee1284-3 libldap-common > liblua5.3-0 libnspr4 libnss-mdns libnss3 libopendbx1 libopendbx1-sqlite3 > libopendkim11 libpoppler-glib8 libpoppler126 libpython2-stdlib libpython3.11 > librbl1 librtmp1 libsane-common > libsnmp-base libsnmp40 libssh2-1 libvbr2 mailutils-common python2 > python2-minimal python3-augeas sane-airscan update-inetd usb.ids > Use 'apt autoremove' to remove them. > The following additional packages will be installed: > php8.2-fpm > Suggested packages: > php-pear > The following packages will be REMOVED: > apache2 apache2-bin clamav clamav-daemon clamav-freshclam clamav-milter > clamav-unofficial-sigs clamdscan colord curl dirmngr git gnupg gnupg2 > gpg-wks-client libapache2-mod-php8.2 > libapache2-mod-ruid2 libaprutil1-ldap libclamav11 libcurl3-gnutls libcurl4 > libdb5.3t64 libgphoto2-6 libldap-2.5-0 libmailutils9 libmemcached11 libpq5 > libsane1 libsasl2-2 > libsasl2-modules-db mailutils mongo-tools opendkim opendkim-tools python-apt > python3-certbot-apache python3-debianbts python3-pycurl python3-pysimplesoap > python3-reportbug reportbug > sane-utils sasl2-bin sendmail sendmail-bin sensible-mda > The following NEW packages will be installed: > libdb5.3 php8.2-fpm > The following packages will be DOWNGRADED: > db-util db5.3-util > 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 2 downgraded, 46 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > Need to get 1,743 kB/2,507 kB of archives. > After this operation, 234 MB disk space will be freed. > Do you want to continue? [Y/n] n > Abort. > >>> Is there some way to get apt to reinstall a package such that it does >>> not think it has to uninstall things which depend on it because it's >>> being immediatly reinstalled? >> >> That is the idea behind reinstall, though downgrading is always >> a test of its ability to succeed. > > What it says it's going to do is actually remove those 46 packages and > not reinstall them. I believe it! Clearly apt is unwinding the > dependencies. It seems like it's not taking into account the > downgraded libdb5.3 is a valid dependency for all the things it's > about to uninstall so it doesn't need to uninstall those things. I > thought it should do that, but for some reason, it's not doing that > for me. > >
i ran into exactly this same situation apt and apt-get wanted to remove a passel of packages i tried aptitude and it removed only the package i wanted the system still works fine just my experience
