Re: aptitude deleted most of packages!!
On Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 08:02:45PM -0800, Ken Irving <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > On Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 08:43:27PM -0700, Daniel Burrows wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 03:09:21AM -0400, Ninenineone Efx <[EMAIL > > PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > > > I think I made a big mistake. > > > > > > I executed the following command to install a font package. > > > > > > aptitude install ttf-unfonts > > > > > > After it installed the font package, it began to remove packages. > > > I did not expect it delete most of package files so fast. > > > :-( > > > > Is this the first time you've used aptitude? I wonder if you could > > have hit bug #411123. > > Interesting; I thought this behavior was a feature, not a bug... ;-) The > bug report seems to imply it's been fixed. The bug is that aptitude thinks your whole system (more or less) is auto-installed if very specific circumstances are met. This is not desired. :-) It looks like the fix made it into etch, though -- I thought it wouldn't due to the freeze. So I guess I wasted everyone's time. Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: aptitude deleted most of packages!!
On Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 08:43:27PM -0700, Daniel Burrows wrote: > On Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 03:09:21AM -0400, Ninenineone Efx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > was heard to say: > > I think I made a big mistake. > > > > I executed the following command to install a font package. > > > > aptitude install ttf-unfonts > > > > After it installed the font package, it began to remove packages. > > I did not expect it delete most of package files so fast. > > :-( > > Is this the first time you've used aptitude? I wonder if you could > have hit bug #411123. Interesting; I thought this behavior was a feature, not a bug... ;-) The bug report seems to imply it's been fixed. -- Ken Irving -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: aptitude deleted most of packages!!
On Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 03:09:21AM -0400, Ninenineone Efx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > I think I made a big mistake. > > I executed the following command to install a font package. > > aptitude install ttf-unfonts > > After it installed the font package, it began to remove packages. > I did not expect it delete most of package files so fast. > :-( Is this the first time you've used aptitude? I wonder if you could have hit bug #411123. Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: aptitude deleted most of packages!!
El mié, 18-04-2007 a las 09:16 +0200, Joe Hart escribió: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Ninenineone Efx wrote: > > I think I made a big mistake. > > > > I executed the following command to install a font package. > > > > aptitude install ttf-unfonts > > > > After it installed the font package, it began to remove packages. > > I did not expect it delete most of package files so fast. > > :-( > > > > > Looks like you've been bitten by aptitude being "smart". In the future > don't blindly answer yes to questions. Read what they are going to say. > > Now, as for getting your apps back. They *should* all be in the apt's > cache. You just need to reinstall them. If you can't figure out which > ones to reinstall, then maybe aptitude was right and you didn't need > them anyway (there are log files to check to see what was removed). > /var/log/aptitude -- Gabriel Parrondo GNU/Linux User #404138 GnuPG Public Key ID: BED7BF43 JID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The only difference between theory and practice is that, in theory, there's no difference between theory and practice." signature.asc Description: Esta parte del mensaje está firmada digitalmente
Re: aptitude deleted most of packages!!
On Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 10:05:18AM +0200, Jonathan Kaye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > Doesn't aptitude have an "undo" command? ctl-u or something like that. Yes, but it doesn't work across sessions. Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: aptitude deleted most of packages!!
On Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 09:16:14AM +0200, Joe Hart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > Now, as for getting your apps back. They *should* all be in the apt's > cache. You just need to reinstall them. If you can't figure out which > ones to reinstall, then maybe aptitude was right and you didn't need > them anyway (there are log files to check to see what was removed). If you need to know which packages were removed, read /var/log/aptitude. Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: aptitude deleted most of packages!!
Thanks. I have another Linux system in other drive so it did not upset me alot. But, it was quite something. 2007/4/18, Joe Hart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ninenineone Efx wrote: > I think I made a big mistake. > > I executed the following command to install a font package. > > aptitude install ttf-unfonts > > After it installed the font package, it began to remove packages. > I did not expect it delete most of package files so fast. > :-( > > Looks like you've been bitten by aptitude being "smart". In the future don't blindly answer yes to questions. Read what they are going to say. Now, as for getting your apps back. They *should* all be in the apt's cache. You just need to reinstall them. If you can't figure out which ones to reinstall, then maybe aptitude was right and you didn't need them anyway (there are log files to check to see what was removed). Joe - -- Registerd Linux user #443289 at http://counter.li.org/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGJcW+iXBCVWpc5J4RAk/hAJ43qEZMfU4bknU8+oUOr/jpog3SIgCfSeko e5w3Wy0zojhWFMrOjw1qlS4= =2tgO -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: aptitude deleted most of packages!!
On Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 10:05:18AM +0200, Jonathan Kaye wrote: > Doesn't aptitude have an "undo" command? ctl-u or something like that. > Yes. However, it is only available in interactive mode. When called directly from the command line with a command, there is no undo. But all of aptitudes actions are recorded in /var/log/aptitude Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sánchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: aptitude deleted most of packages!!
Joe Hart wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Ninenineone Efx wrote: >> I think I made a big mistake. >> >> I executed the following command to install a font package. >> >> aptitude install ttf-unfonts >> >> After it installed the font package, it began to remove packages. >> I did not expect it delete most of package files so fast. >> :-( >> >> > Looks like you've been bitten by aptitude being "smart". In the future > don't blindly answer yes to questions. Read what they are going to say. > > Now, as for getting your apps back. They *should* all be in the apt's > cache. You just need to reinstall them. If you can't figure out which > ones to reinstall, then maybe aptitude was right and you didn't need > them anyway (there are log files to check to see what was removed). > > Joe > Doesn't aptitude have an "undo" command? ctl-u or something like that. Cheers, Jonathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: aptitude deleted most of packages!!
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ninenineone Efx wrote: > I think I made a big mistake. > > I executed the following command to install a font package. > > aptitude install ttf-unfonts > > After it installed the font package, it began to remove packages. > I did not expect it delete most of package files so fast. > :-( > > Looks like you've been bitten by aptitude being "smart". In the future don't blindly answer yes to questions. Read what they are going to say. Now, as for getting your apps back. They *should* all be in the apt's cache. You just need to reinstall them. If you can't figure out which ones to reinstall, then maybe aptitude was right and you didn't need them anyway (there are log files to check to see what was removed). Joe - -- Registerd Linux user #443289 at http://counter.li.org/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGJcW+iXBCVWpc5J4RAk/hAJ43qEZMfU4bknU8+oUOr/jpog3SIgCfSeko e5w3Wy0zojhWFMrOjw1qlS4= =2tgO -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
