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<pre wrap=""><span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>Hi,
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<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>This is DANGEROUS software.
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<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>I use Ubuntu 12.10. I installed Tupi (2D Animation package) and without
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>warning it uninstalled software. (Downloaded it from the SourceForge site as
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>a .deb)
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<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>It removed:
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<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>gimp
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>inkscape
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>gedit
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>software centre
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cite="mid:mailman.95.1388404811.16317.ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com"
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<pre wrap="">How do you know that it has uninstalled them?
What do you see if you do
apt-cache policy gedit
Copy/paste the result here
Colin</pre>
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Thanks Colin, Giles and Nandakumar.<br>
<br>
In SourceForge I downloaded the tupi_0.2-git01.tar.gz
(sourceforge.net/projects/tupi.berlios/files/?source=navbar) and
followed the installation procedure as per files in the tarball.<br>
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Tupi installed, worked perfectly, but it wasn't until I went to use
Inkscape and GIMP that I realised that they were no longer installed
on my system.I am convinced that the programs were uninstalled
becasue they could not be located anywhere on the system. When
opening .svg, only Image Viewer (and Firefox) was available and .xcf
could not be opened except by imageMagick, which was the only option
available.<br>
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In any case none of this should have happened. Regardless of i386 or
x86_64, software should not be erased without permission. No update,
delete or overwrite permissions were requested or granted for the
installation of Tupi, which took a suspicious 15+ minutes to
complete. I did not force the installation. <br>
<br>
When I reinstalled GIMP via terminal apt-get, the system removed
everything "Tupi" except for a couple of config files and a palette.
It seems that there was a conflict between the installation of
tupi/gimp/inkscape.<br>
<br>
I have 1TB HDD of which 25% is used. <br>
<br>
Since then I have re-installed the software, and as per instructions
(to install Software Centre again I used the code on:
askubuntu.com/questions/79987/how-to-re-install-software-center<code>
sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get --purge --reinstall install
software-center software-properties-common software-properties-gtk</code><br>
Which repaired a huge number of internal files.<br>
<br>
Thanks again,<br>
Sonia<br>
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