digiKam disaster
Liam Proven
lproven at gmail.com
Tue Feb 11 11:54:15 UTC 2014
On 11 February 2014 07:54, Pete Smout <smoutpete at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Oops sorry :) sudo apt-get -f install
>>
>> Is this to install, or done after install?
>
> This should force (-f) all dependencies and missing lib files that your
> system thinks it needs to be installed, hopefully ending any missing
> dependency errors!
`apt-get install -f` just means "fix". It tries to sort any dependency
problems by adding or removing dependencies without needing to also
add or remov any additional whole programs.
>>> Sudo apt-get configure -a
>
> oops sorry that should have been sudo dpkg configure -a (too early for
> me ;))
> that should configure all (-a) see
I was going to query that. I am not sure but I think you have still
given it wrongly. I think you are trying to say that Rikona should use
the `dpkg-reconfigure` command?
This generates fresh configuration files for an installed package.
However, what nobody has mentioned is `apt-get purge` which is a
useful command, which removes all config files for a program that has
been removed.
The sequence would normally go
[1] dpkg-reconfigure foo
# Write a fresh config for program `foo`
`foo` still not working? Then:
[2] apt-get install -f
`foo` still not working? Then:
[3]
apt-get remove foo
# uninstall program
apt-get autoremove
# uninstall any other programs nothing now depends upon
apt-get clean
# empty the APT cache
apt-get autoclean
# more APT housekeeping
apt-get purge
# delete config files for anything no longer installed
apt-get update
# refresh APT repository database
apt-get install foo -y
# reinstall a clean copy with any dependencies
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