On Saturday 17 March 2018 10:35:53 Frank Lienhard wrote: > due to a misunderstanding with my co-admin, the following happend: > > the trinity sources where removed in the sources.list and afterwards 2 > Dist upgrades where performed: > > wheezy(7) -> jessie(8) > jessie(8) -> strech(9) > > now I'm unable to get rid of the installed trinity packages: > > apt-get purge *-trinity > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > E: Unable to locate package *-trinity > E: Regex compilation error - Invalid preceding regular expression > E: Couldn't find any package by regex '*-trinity' > > But there are installled packages: > dpkg -l | grep trinity > ii akregator-trinity 4:3.5.13.2-0debian7.0.0+0 > amd64 RSS feed aggregator for KDE > ii amor-trinity 4:3.5.13.2-0debian7.0.0+0 > amd64 a Trinity creature for your desktop > ii ark-trinity 4:3.5.13.2-0debian7.0.0+0 > amd64 graphical archiving tool for Trinity > ii arts-trinity 4:3.5.13.2-0debian7.0.0+1 > all sound system from the official KDE release > [lots more] > > Any advie, how to procede? > First off, co-admin is a bad idea, but you probably know that already. I could not abide another person installing or removing items without my knowledge. Only one person can be admin on my system, but then I don't like sharing either computers or toothbrushes. Second, did you try searching for *-tde to purge other items? Sometimes things get removed as dependencies. Also, try searching with weird terms like *trinity*, *tde*, etc., just to be sure. Third, do you have another DE installed, or that you can install, like lxde or whatever? Also slim is a good idea. If necessary, remove everything tde or trinity (including the desktop-base-trinity and anything trinity-core or tde-core) then start over. You can use another minimal DE to get online and download packages. Finally, I gave an account of my quick & dirty methods in a separate post; this saves me a lot of time, and I don't keep fumbling round with problems like this. Bill > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > trinity-users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional > commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Read list > messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ > Please remember not to top-post: > http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting
