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<p>Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS</p>
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<p>Here's the thing, I thought you guys would like to know that this
.deb has some dangerous side effects, that's all. Yes doing things
as root has dangers, but that's how you install packages. <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/12/2018 15:10, Nish Aravamudan
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<div dir="ltr">On Sat, Dec 8, 2018 at 10:51 AM Keir Wayman <<a
href="mailto:keir.wayman@gmx.com" moz-do-not-send="true">keir.wayman@gmx.com</a>>
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<div>> I installed the above on my Ubuntu 18.x system.</div>
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<div>What specific version? 18.x is not a valid version string.
18.04 or 18.10?<br>
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<div>> The installation deleted</div>
> more than 90 packages including the gdebi package
installer, the<br>
> software-centre, ubuntu-cleaner & the usb disk
creator. It's a<br>
> dangerous thing indeed!<br>
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Doing things as root is dangerous, yes. You can't blame a
package for ...<br>
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> Yes, I know it tells you it's going to delete some packages
before it<br>
> starts, but really, this thing should have a health
warning!<br>
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<div>... ignoring information you admit you read.</div>
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