no I don't want to uninstall everything!

[Phlip]

> The following packages will be REMOVED:
> 
>    abakus{u} aqbanking-tools{u} asymptote{u} asymptote-doc{u} barcode{u} 
> basket{u} context{u} creox{u} cscope{u} dblatex{u} dvipdfmx{u} dvipng{u} 
> exuberant-ctags{u} feynmf{u}

To anyone who finds this message in the archives:

I converted that ridiculous list of items to remove into a list of items to 
install (by taking out all the linefeeds and {u}s), and ran aptitude install on 
all of them simultaneously. The installer looks stable now...