On Sunday 14 July 2024 13:59:41 Mike Bird via tde-users wrote: > Hi Bill, > > On Sun July 14 2024 13:15:02 William Morder via tde-users wrote: > > I used dpkg to purge all the apt-* type packages in my system, to wit: > > Not recommended. TTBOMK only your apt package is broken. > But when I tried reinstalling a new apt package (which was the same name as my saved one), I still got that same message. > > sudo dpkg --purge --force-all apt-transport-https apt-utils > > apt-file_3.3_all apt-mirror_0.5.4-2_all > > apt-transport-https_2.6.1devuan1_all > > apt-utils_2.6.1devuan1_amd64 apt_2.6.1devuan1_amd64 > > aptitude-common_0.8.13-5_all aptitude_0.8.13-5_amd64 > > devuan-apt-mirror-config-override_2.6_all dpkg-repack_1.52_all > > libapt-pkg-perl_0.1.40+b2_amd64 synaptic_0.91.3_amd64 > > apt_2.6.1devuan1_amd64 > > Many of those are partial file names, not package names, so I > don't know how much it actually did. Those are the exact package names (less the extension, .deb) of those in my folder of saved packages having to do with apt. When I reinstall them, nothing much changes, just the same message. The package names themselves were copied directly from those packages. > > > Then I figured that I would reinstall them one-at-a-time, using dpkg, or > > moving to apt, aptitude, whatever, to finish up. > > > > I already had the package you named, but I thought, well, let's download > > a fresh one, just to be sure mine isn't corrupt. Now ... mind you ... I > > had already purged the old package from my system. Yet when I tried to > > reinstall apt-utils_2.6.1devuan1_amd64, I get this message: > > > > dpkg: version 2.6.1devuan1 of apt already installed, skipping > > Probably because your purge was told to purge apt_2.6.1devuan1_amd64 > which is not a package name. > > > So, it is uninstalled, yet it is also already installed? There must be > > some traces left in the system that makes dpkg say it is already > > installed. Maybe this is a clue; maybe even a useful clue. > > "dpkg -l | grep apt | cut -b-78" will tell us where things stand. > > --Mike sudo dpkg -l | grep apt | cut -b-78 Here is the output: iU apt 2.6.1devuan1 ii apt-config-icons 0.16.1-2 iU apt-file 3.3 ii apt-listchanges 3.24 ii apt-mirror 0.5.4-2 iU aptitude 0.8.13-5 ii aptitude-common 0.8.13-5 ii devuan-apt-mirror-config-override 2.6 ii feedbackd 0.0.3-1 ii klaptopdaemon-trinity 4:14.1.2-0debian12.0.0 ii kmilo-trinity 4:14.1.2-0debian12.0.0 ii laptop-detect 0.16 ii libaec0:amd64 1.0.6-1+b1 ii libapt-pkg-perl 0.1.40+b2 ii libapt-pkg6.0:amd64 2.2.4+devuan1 ii libatk-adaptor:amd64 2.46.0-5 ii libcapture-tiny-perl 0.48-2 ii libfeedback-0.0-0:amd64 0.0.3-1 ii libfreeaptx0:amd64 0.1.1-2 ii liblavfile-2.1-0:amd64 1:2.1.0+debian-7 ii liblavjpeg-2.1-0:amd64 1:2.1.0+debian-7 ii liblavplay-2.1-0:amd64 1:2.1.0+debian-7 ii libmjpegutils-2.1-0:amd64 1:2.1.0+debian-7 ii libmpeg2encpp-2.1-0:amd64 1:2.1.0+debian-6 ii libmplex2-2.1-0:amd64 1:2.1.0+debian-6 ii libopencore-amrnb0:amd64 0.1.6-1 ii libopencore-amrwb0:amd64 0.1.6-1 ii libpcap0.8:amd64 1.10.3-1 ii libraptor2-0:amd64 2.0.15-4 ii libsz2:amd64 1.0.6-1+b1 ii mjpegtools 1:2.1.0+debian-7 ii mjpegtools-gtk 1:2.1.0+debian-7 ii python-apt-common 2.6.0 ii python3-apt 2.6.0 ii python3-wrapt 1.14.1-2+b2 ii r-cran-doparallel 1.0.17-1 ii r-cran-earth 5.3.2-1 ii r-cran-maptools 1:1.1-6+dfsg-1 ii r-cran-rcmdcheck 1.4.0-2 iU synaptic 0.91.3 ii task-laptop 3.73devuan1 I am dying to hear what's up. Bill ____________________________________________________ tde-users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web mail archive available at https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
