Re: Can imagemagick really be safely purged or removed?

2017-10-30 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 30 Oct 2017 23:13:33 +1300 Richard Hector wrote: > On 30/10/17 15:46, Celejar wrote: > > On Sun, 29 Oct 2017 08:28:46 -0400 > > The Wanderer wrote: > > > >> On 2017-10-29 at 07:49, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: > >> > >>> Celejar wrote on

Re: Can imagemagick really be safely purged or removed?

2017-10-30 Thread Jörg-Volker Peetz
Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote on 10/30/17 15:54: > Richard Hector wrote on 10/30/17 11:13: > >> imagemagick-6.q16 Provides: imagemagick, but not a specific version >> >> cups-filters Depends: imagemagick (>= 6.4~) >> >> The real imagemagick package is at 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-11+deb9u1 (on my >> machine

Re: Can imagemagick really be safely purged or removed?

2017-10-30 Thread Jörg-Volker Peetz
Richard Hector wrote on 10/30/17 11:13: > imagemagick-6.q16 Provides: imagemagick, but not a specific version > > cups-filters Depends: imagemagick (>= 6.4~) > > The real imagemagick package is at 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-11+deb9u1 (on my > machine anyway), which satisifies the cups-filters dependency. >

Re: Can imagemagick really be safely purged or removed?

2017-10-30 Thread Richard Hector
On 30/10/17 15:46, Celejar wrote: > On Sun, 29 Oct 2017 08:28:46 -0400 > The Wanderer wrote: > >> On 2017-10-29 at 07:49, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: >> >>> Celejar wrote on 10/24/17 15:09: >>> On Tue, 24 Oct 2017 08:52:46 +0200 Jörg-Volker Peetz

Re: Can imagemagick really be safely purged or removed?

2017-10-29 Thread Celejar
On Sun, 29 Oct 2017 08:28:46 -0400 The Wanderer wrote: > On 2017-10-29 at 07:49, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: > > > Celejar wrote on 10/24/17 15:09: > > > >> On Tue, 24 Oct 2017 08:52:46 +0200 > >> Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: > >> > >>> I forgot that you showed

Re: Can imagemagick really be safely purged or removed?

2017-10-29 Thread The Wanderer
On 2017-10-29 at 07:49, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: > Celejar wrote on 10/24/17 15:09: > >> On Tue, 24 Oct 2017 08:52:46 +0200 >> Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: >> >>> I forgot that you showed the dependency on cups-filters in your original >>> mail. >>> On testing cups-filters 1.17.9-1

Re: Can imagemagick really be safely purged or removed?

2017-10-29 Thread Jörg-Volker Peetz
Celejar wrote on 10/24/17 15:09: > On Tue, 24 Oct 2017 08:52:46 +0200 > Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: > >> I forgot that you showed the dependency on cups-filters in your original >> mail. >> On testing cups-filters 1.17.9-1 does not depend on imagemagick, it only >> recommends it.

Re: Can imagemagick really be safely purged or removed?

2017-10-24 Thread Celejar
On Sat, 21 Oct 2017 16:34:23 +0100 Roger Lynn wrote: > On 20/10/17 05:00, Celejar wrote: > > The description of the imagemagick package (8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-11+deb9u1) > > on my Stable system includes the statements: > > > > "This is a dummy package. You can safely purge or

Re: Can imagemagick really be safely purged or removed?

2017-10-24 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 24 Oct 2017 08:52:46 +0200 Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: > I forgot that you showed the dependency on cups-filters in your original mail. > On testing cups-filters 1.17.9-1 does not depend on imagemagick, it only > recommends it. And I use APT::Install-Recommends "false"; in

Re: Can imagemagick really be safely purged or removed?

2017-10-24 Thread Jörg-Volker Peetz
I forgot that you showed the dependency on cups-filters in your original mail. On testing cups-filters 1.17.9-1 does not depend on imagemagick, it only recommends it. And I use APT::Install-Recommends "false"; in /etc/apt/apt.conf. Therefore, on this system imagemagick could be removed. Regards,

Re: Can imagemagick really be safely purged or removed?

2017-10-23 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 23 Oct 2017 20:09:59 -0400 The Wanderer wrote: > On 2017-10-23 at 19:24, Celejar wrote: > > > On Mon, 23 Oct 2017 20:23:46 +0100 Roger Lynn > > wrote: > > > >> On 23/10/17 11:00, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: > >> > >>> Since I use a pure 64-bit

Re: Can imagemagick really be safely purged or removed?

2017-10-23 Thread Doug
On 10/23/2017 06:24 PM, Celejar wrote: On Mon, 23 Oct 2017 20:23:46 +0100 Roger Lynn wrote: On 23/10/17 11:00, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: Since I use a pure 64-bit system, I overlooked that only one of imagemagick-6.q16 or imagemagick-6.q16:i386 can be installed. I think

Re: Can imagemagick really be safely purged or removed?

2017-10-23 Thread The Wanderer
On 2017-10-23 at 19:24, Celejar wrote: > On Mon, 23 Oct 2017 20:23:46 +0100 Roger Lynn > wrote: > >> On 23/10/17 11:00, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: >> >>> Since I use a pure 64-bit system, I overlooked that only one of >>> imagemagick-6.q16 or imagemagick-6.q16:i386 can be

Re: Can imagemagick really be safely purged or removed?

2017-10-23 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 23 Oct 2017 20:23:46 +0100 Roger Lynn wrote: > On 23/10/17 11:00, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: > > Since I use a pure 64-bit system, I overlooked that only one of > > imagemagick-6.q16 or imagemagick-6.q16:i386 can be installed. > > I think it's better to re-install

Re: Can imagemagick really be safely purged or removed?

2017-10-23 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 23 Oct 2017 11:58:53 +0200 Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: > Since I use a pure 64-bit system, I overlooked that only one of > imagemagick-6.q16 or imagemagick-6.q16:i386 can be installed. > I think it's better to re-install imagemagick-6.q16. Done. > And then show the output

Re: Can imagemagick really be safely purged or removed?

2017-10-23 Thread Roger Lynn
On 23/10/17 11:00, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: > Since I use a pure 64-bit system, I overlooked that only one of > imagemagick-6.q16 or imagemagick-6.q16:i386 can be installed. > I think it's better to re-install imagemagick-6.q16. > And then show the output when trying to purge imagemagick, please.

Re: Can imagemagick really be safely purged or removed?

2017-10-23 Thread Jörg-Volker Peetz
Since I use a pure 64-bit system, I overlooked that only one of imagemagick-6.q16 or imagemagick-6.q16:i386 can be installed. I think it's better to re-install imagemagick-6.q16. And then show the output when trying to purge imagemagick, please. I think there must be involved a i386 version of

Re: Can imagemagick really be safely purged or removed?

2017-10-22 Thread Celejar
On Fri, 20 Oct 2017 23:22:55 +0200 Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: > Celejar wrote on 10/20/17 19:05: > > Thanks. Okay, I did that, and I was then able to remove imagemagick, > but > only > > if imagemagick:i386 is installed instead - and that's also marked as a > > dummy package that

Re: Can imagemagick really be safely purged or removed?

2017-10-21 Thread Roger Lynn
On 20/10/17 05:00, Celejar wrote: > The description of the imagemagick package (8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-11+deb9u1) > on my Stable system includes the statements: > > "This is a dummy package. You can safely purge or remove it." > > But trying to remove it rips out cups, because: > > ~$ aptitude why

Re: Can imagemagick really be safely purged or removed?

2017-10-20 Thread Jörg-Volker Peetz
Celejar wrote on 10/20/17 19:05: > Thanks. Okay, I did that, and I was then able to remove imagemagick, but only > if imagemagick:i386 is installed instead - and that's also marked as a > dummy package that can be safely removed or purged. > > At this point: > > ~$ aptitude search

Re: Can imagemagick really be safely purged or removed?

2017-10-20 Thread Celejar
On Fri, 20 Oct 2017 10:21:24 +0200 Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: > Take a look which imagemagick packages are installed: > > $ aptitude search '~iimagemagick' > > Probably there is a line beginning with > > i A imagemagick-6.q16 > > which shall replace imagemagick. Also see the

Re: Can imagemagick really be safely purged or removed?

2017-10-20 Thread Jörg-Volker Peetz
Take a look which imagemagick packages are installed: $ aptitude search '~iimagemagick' Probably there is a line beginning with i A imagemagick-6.q16 which shall replace imagemagick. Also see the dependencies of package imagemagick: $ dpkg -s imagemagick So before purging imagemagick you

Can imagemagick really be safely purged or removed?

2017-10-19 Thread Celejar
Hi, The description of the imagemagick package (8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-11+deb9u1) on my Stable system includes the statements: "This is a dummy package. You can safely purge or remove it." But trying to remove it rips out cups, because: ~$ aptitude why imagemagick i cups Depends