[Novalug] "aptitude" wants to remove kernel-image

James Ewing Cottrell 3rd JECottrell3@Comcast.NET
Mon Sep 3 20:15:53 EDT 2007


Several other things too. New kernels come out all the time. however, 
you cannot remove the kernel you are running.

Today you are running kernel version X. Apt-get will get you version Y. 
Later when you reboot into Y, you can remove X.

I still use dselect. Aptitude does have some nifty features (the ability 
to sort by size and the ability to uninstall unused dependencies, but I 
have yet to plumb all its resolution mysteries..

Don't forget synaptic if you use X.

JIM

Jay Berkenbilt wrote:
> Sam Rosenfeld <sam1@speakeasy.net> wrote:
>
>   
>> Over the past year or two I have noticed increasing problems with
>> apt-get and aptitude, at least.  Your simple and terse comments
>> (above) would have been a gift that would have saved me many hours of
>> work.
>>     
>
> Thanks.  Hopefully they'll at least save you some future hassle.
>
>   
>> But, the problem with my current system is that I have not
>> disciplined myself to be careful of changing /etc/ files (and other
>> important ones, too).  I would use the information you provided
>> (above) if the only problems were with the package manager.  But, in
>> addition, sound, video, printing, and more also continue to plague
>> me.
>>
>> Is my best option to get a virgin hard drive and install debian from
>> scratch?  I don't need any particularly "custom" installation, other
>> than a listing of my hardware.
>>     
>
> I would recommend that option, though others may differ.  If you start
> over again with etch (4.0) and discipline yourself to use only
> aptitude to upgrade packages, you'll probably find your system to be
> much more stable.  I notice that my etch and later systems are much
> more stable with respect to package configuration than my previous
> system.
>
> I'd recommend making a backup copy of at least your /etc directory in
> case you need to look back at old settings, in addition to your own
> personal data, of course.
>
> --Jay
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