Re: [DNG] corrupted aptitude state -- SOLVED

On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 08:25:31PM +0100, Florian Zieboll wrote: > On Wed, 25 Jan 2017 20:15:06 +0100 > Florian Zieboll wrote: > > > $ rm /var/lib/aptitude/pkgstates* > > > I forgot to mention that aptitude will re-populate the file on the next > run. Of course it did when I

Re: [DNG] corrupted aptitude state -- SOLVED

On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 08:15:06PM +0100, Florian Zieboll wrote: > On Wed, 25 Jan 2017 13:44:26 -0500 > Hendrik Boom wrote: > > > > It turns out my problems with aptitude seem to be over, after doing > > > > apt purge aptitude > > apt install aptitude > > >

Re: [DNG] corrupted aptitude state -- SOLVED

On Wed, 25 Jan 2017 20:15:06 +0100 Florian Zieboll wrote: > $ rm /var/lib/aptitude/pkgstates* I forgot to mention that aptitude will re-populate the file on the next run. f. ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org

Re: [DNG] corrupted aptitude state -- SOLVED

On Wed, 25 Jan 2017 13:44:26 -0500 Hendrik Boom wrote: > It turns out my problems with aptitude seem to be over, after doing > > apt purge aptitude > apt install aptitude This appears to be a kind of redmondish solution... I'm wondering, if $ rm

Re: [DNG] corrupted aptitude state -- SOLVED

On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 06:37:08PM +, KatolaZ wrote: > On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 01:22:17PM -0500, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > [cut] > > > > > Where can I find complete documentation for apt-*? > > > > As usual, the complete documentation is to be found by means of: > > man apt-get > man

Re: [DNG] corrupted aptitude state. (WAS: python-sipsimple dependencies

On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 01:22:17PM -0500, Hendrik Boom wrote: [cut] > > Where can I find complete documentation for apt-*? > As usual, the complete documentation is to be found by means of: man apt-get man apt-cache man apt-mark But in general you will just need: - apt-get install

Re: [DNG] corrupted aptitude state. (WAS: python-sipsimple dependencies

On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 04:36:13PM +, KatolaZ wrote: > On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 10:58:10AM -0500, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > [cut] > > > > > So uninstalling and purging aptitude's configuration looks viable. As long > > as it > > doesn't do nasties like uninstalling grub and wicd, which it

Re: [DNG] corrupted aptitude state.

On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 05:56:41PM +0100, info at smallinnovations.nl wrote: > On 25-01-17 16:58, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > > >So uninstalling and purging aptitude's configuration looks viable. As long > >as it > >doesn't do nasties like uninstalling grub and wicd, which it was threatening > >to

Re: [DNG] corrupted aptitude state. (WAS: python-sipsimple dependencies

On 25-01-17 16:58, Hendrik Boom wrote: So uninstalling and purging aptitude's configuration looks viable. As long as it doesn't do nasties like uninstalling grub and wicd, which it was threatening to do a while ago. But I might first create myself an up-to-date bootable USB installation

Re: [DNG] corrupted aptitude state. (WAS: python-sipsimple dependencies

On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 10:58:10AM -0500, Hendrik Boom wrote: [cut] > > So uninstalling and purging aptitude's configuration looks viable. As long > as it > doesn't do nasties like uninstalling grub and wicd, which it was threatening > to do > a while ago. > > But I might first create

[DNG] corrupted aptitude state. (WAS: python-sipsimple dependencies

On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 03:36:09PM +, KatolaZ wrote: > On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 10:06:14AM -0500, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > [cut] > > > I don't want to pull anything for Debian. What I had used was a > > third-party > > package repository for a specific application that was more up-to-date

Re: [DNG] python-sipsimple dependencies

On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 10:06:14AM -0500, Hendrik Boom wrote: [cut] > I don't want to pull anything for Debian. What I had used was a third-party > package repository for a specific application that was more up-to-date than My point was that, indeed, 95%-97% of the packages you are using

Re: [DNG] python-sipsimple dependencies

On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 02:34:48PM +, KatolaZ wrote: > On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 09:11:15AM -0500, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 10:04:39AM +0200, Lars Noodén wrote: > > > python-sipsimple (>= 3.0.0) seems to uninstallable because of > > > dependencies. Is there a safe and

Re: [DNG] python-sipsimple dependencies

On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 09:11:15AM -0500, Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 10:04:39AM +0200, Lars Noodén wrote: > > python-sipsimple (>= 3.0.0) seems to uninstallable because of > > dependencies. Is there a safe and easy way to pull them in from Debian? > > I wouldn't pull anything

Re: [DNG] python-sipsimple dependencies

On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 10:04:39AM +0200, Lars Noodén wrote: > python-sipsimple (>= 3.0.0) seems to uninstallable because of > dependencies. Is there a safe and easy way to pull them in from Debian? I wouldn't pull anything in from Debian. I added an independent repository for up-to-date OCaml

Re: [DNG] Hibernation after Installation on System76 Gazelle

On 01/24/2017 10:50 AM, Jaromil wrote: [snip] > I suspect the fork curated by Dima here may provide a solution > https://git.devuan.org/dimkr/xfce4-power-manager That page points to the xfce bug tracker. So I've filed there: https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13310 Once pm-suspend and

Re: [DNG] python-sipsimple dependencies

On 01/25/2017 10:26 AM, KatolaZ wrote: > On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 10:04:39AM +0200, Lars Noodén wrote: ... >> The following packages have unmet dependencies: >> python-sipsimple : Depends: libavcodec57 (>= 7:3.1.3) but it is not >> installable or >> libavcodec-extra57

Re: [DNG] python-sipsimple dependencies

On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 10:04:39AM +0200, Lars Noodén wrote: > python-sipsimple (>= 3.0.0) seems to uninstallable because of > dependencies. Is there a safe and easy way to pull them in from Debian? > > Regards, > Lars > > # apt-get install python-sipsimple > Reading package lists... Done >