5 Aug
2020
5 Aug
'20
4:15 p.m.
On Wednesday 05 August 2020 10:44:30 am Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote:
Anno domini 2020 Wed, 5 Aug 10:40:47 -0500
Michael scripsit:
Yes and no... They have a function. In this case it’s to be the metapackage
for TDE as a whole, so if any new packages get added they get automagically
pulled in. Granted that’d be rare for TDE, but in the case of mx-apps (same
issue, different app), it is present to push out new mx-tools if one comes
along.
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Hi Stefan, Nik, et al.,
Thank you for the replies. While it still bothers me why I can’t figure
out how to get apt to do what I want, it was mostly a whim, with some
slight security considerations, so I think I’m giving up. As pointed
out, it’s just a bit of space on the drive.
I tried apt-mark manual, but removing klaptopdaemon-trinity still wants
to remove tde-trinity and tdeutils-trinity (output at bottom).
The metapackgs can be removed without any problem. Maybe it would be a good idea for packages to set
the parent
metapackage
as "optional?"
Possibly this is the issue? But I’m not familiar enough with the package
management system to grok how to ‘fix’ it so that you can install
tde-trinity and then be able to remove one of its components without apt
trying to remove all of its components.
Possibly it’s not achievable?
Unless there is a way from a user perspective, closing the whole
dependency thing with ‘not doable.’
Best All,
Michael
root@local [~]# apt-mark manual tde-trinity tdeutils-trinity
tde-trinity was already set to manually installed.
tdeutils-trinity set to manually installed.
root@local [~]# apt-get purge klaptopdaemon-trinity
{snip}
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer
required:
amor-trinity arts-trinity {snip} twin4-trinity xcalib
Use 'apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
klaptopdaemon-trinity* tde-trinity* tdeutils-trinity*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 3 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
After this operation, 840 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] n
Abort.