On Sun, 2021-03-14 at 17:17 -0400, Randall S. Becker wrote: > On March 14, 2021 2:24 PM, Christian Strasser wrote: > > Subject: Git install crashed nearly whole System > > I installed Git yesterday on my system. For that I used “sudo apt- > > get install > > git-all”. During the installation a lot of very important packages > > got removed! > > It was horrible, and I couldn’t use my gnome desktop environment at > > all! A > > lot off dependencies got lost! > > Fortunately, I could save my system through read out the > > information about > > removed packages from the apt history. > > > > Today I totally removed git and tried to install everything again > > with the same > > instruction. The same misbehavior did happen! > > > > For more information I added the history as an attachment to this > > email. > > > > Information about my system: > > > > Kernel : Linux 4.19.0-14-amd64 (x86_64) > > Version : #1 SMP Debian 4.19.171-2 (2021-01-30) > > C Library : GNU C Library / (Debian GLIBC 2.28-10) 2.28 > > Distribution : Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) > > > > Gnome : Version: 3.30.2-11~deb10u2 (apt-cache show gnome- > > shell grep Version) -> 3.30.2 > > I think it might be appropriate to report this to the apt team. The > links can be found here: > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PackageManagerTroubleshootingProcedureshould > > I just (2021 Mar 03 2115Z) ran apt-get update and apt-get upgrade > git. Yes, it did upgrade a whole lot of packages, including ansible, > git, syslog, openssh, and many others. The apt manager for ubuntu > only appears to know about git 2.7.4. You might have to add the git- > core repository using: add-apt-repository ppa:git-core/ppa -y > > After I added that, then ran apt-get upgrade git, I am now on git > 2.29.0. Granted this is Ubuntu, not Debian, but apt should be ok. I'm > not sure about the "git-all" package. I have never used that one (not > is it certified at my place - just "git" is). > > Regards, > Randall > Hello Randall, thank you for your reply. I'll consider your suggestion. Regards, Christian
