Re: Removing deb-multimedia pkgs w/o removing everything

2012-09-17 Thread Dmitriy Matrosov
On 09/17/12 13:05, Dmitriy Matrosov wrote: [1]: Though, note, that (/var/lib/dpkg/status) file will be listed in `apt-cache showpkg` output even for uninstalled packages, which config files still present. E.g. for status, like: Status: deinstall ok config-files Just want to add: if you

Re: Removing deb-multimedia pkgs w/o removing everything

2012-09-17 Thread Dmitriy Matrosov
On 09/16/12 22:32, Sharon Kimble wrote: > On 15 September 2012 19:45, Dmitriy Matrosov wrote: >> On 09/15/12 21:38, Andrei POPESCU wrote: >>> >>> On Sb, 15 sep 12, 12:53:46, Ed Jabbour wrote: I'd like to remove packages gotten from deb-multimedia and replace some from the Debian re

Re: Removing deb-multimedia pkgs w/o removing everything

2012-09-16 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 16 sep 12, 17:13:05, Rob Owens wrote: > > I haven't tried this, but it seems like it would work: > > 1) Remove the deb-multimedia packages using dpkg instead of apt Unless I'm mistaken this needs --force-depends > 2) Remove deb-multimedia from sources.list > > 3) apt-get install -f

Re: Removing deb-multimedia pkgs w/o removing everything

2012-09-16 Thread Rob Owens
On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 12:53:46PM -0400, Ed Jabbour wrote: > I'd like to remove packages gotten from deb-multimedia and replace > some from the Debian repos. However, removing them will also remove a > bunch of libs and kde progs. E.g., apt-get remove libavcodec53 > yields: > > 0 upgraded, 1

Re: Removing deb-multimedia pkgs w/o removing everything

2012-09-16 Thread Sharon Kimble
On 15 September 2012 19:45, Dmitriy Matrosov wrote: > On 09/15/12 21:38, Andrei POPESCU wrote: >> >> On Sb, 15 sep 12, 12:53:46, Ed Jabbour wrote: >>> >>> I'd like to remove packages gotten from deb-multimedia and replace >>> some from the Debian repos. However, removing them will also remove a >

Re: Removing deb-multimedia pkgs w/o removing everything

2012-09-15 Thread lee
Ed Jabbour writes: > I'd like to remove packages gotten from deb-multimedia and replace > some from the Debian repos. However, removing them will also remove a > bunch of libs and kde progs. E.g., apt-get remove libavcodec53 > yields: > > 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 190 to remove and 1 no

Re: Removing deb-multimedia pkgs w/o removing everything

2012-09-15 Thread Dmitriy Matrosov
On 09/15/12 21:38, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Sb, 15 sep 12, 12:53:46, Ed Jabbour wrote: I'd like to remove packages gotten from deb-multimedia and replace some from the Debian repos. However, removing them will also remove a bunch of libs and kde progs. E.g., apt-get remove libavcodec53 yields:

Re: Removing deb-multimedia pkgs w/o removing everything

2012-09-15 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 15 sep 12, 12:53:46, Ed Jabbour wrote: > I'd like to remove packages gotten from deb-multimedia and replace > some from the Debian repos. However, removing them will also remove a > bunch of libs and kde progs. E.g., apt-get remove libavcodec53 > yields: > > 0 upgraded, 1 newly install

Removing deb-multimedia pkgs w/o removing everything

2012-09-15 Thread Ed Jabbour
I'd like to remove packages gotten from deb-multimedia and replace some from the Debian repos. However, removing them will also remove a bunch of libs and kde progs. E.g., apt-get remove libavcodec53 yields: 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 190 to remove and 1 not upgraded. I'm not up to reins