Greg Madden wrote on 09/24/2017 07:42 PM: > > On Sunday 24 September 2017 05:20:54 pm D. R. Evans wrote: >> >> So: >> >> 1. Looking at the packages that will be removed, will I still be able to >> run virtualbox if virtualbox-dkms is removed? [I think that the answer is >> yes, but I would like some assurance from someone who is more certain than >> am I.] >> >> 2. And then what about desktop-base? The version that is currently >> installed is from the official debian stable repository, so I don't think >> that I should be removing it. So what should I do about this conflict? >> >> Doc > > > If you are using Debian, upgrading to Stretch, the following apply. > > Virtualbox is no longer in Stretch, if you use Vbox you issues are larger.You Yes; I already added the oracle package yesterday, and it appears to be working fine. I *think* that virtualbox-dkms is used only when vb is being installed, so it should be safe to remove it; but I'm not absolutely certain. > > desktop-base-trinity replaces the Debian desktop-base OK; so I should let aptitude do what it wants to do, which is to remove the debian desktop-base, right? One more question as a follow-on to this: when TDE is installed, is it still possible to run KDE despite the fact that the debian desktiop-base is no longer in place? (Just in case some program doesn't work on TDE and I have to go back to KDE temporarily.) Doc -- Web: http://enginehousebooks.com/drevans
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