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Is there a section to talk about Java ME? Apps, etc. (3)
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2011-03-01
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autoremove keeps on wanting to get rid of python-pygame since it is not a dependency, however it is needed for me to run python game scrips. How do I pin this so I can still update it and at the same time not have autoremove try to remove it?
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2011-03-01
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Did you try
so that it sets python-pygame as manually installed?
Code:
apt-get install python-pygame
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2011-03-01
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That's how I installed it, however it is not a dependency, hence apt-get autoremove tries to remove it. (I think that's how it is working)
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2011-03-01
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There seems to be some version mismatch between libs, so that python-pygame is considered to be removed. This might happen with testing and/or devel repos enabled.
Still you can set the package on hold with
There is one big drawback with this method: The package will not get updated anymore, you have to do it yourself!
EDIT: I simply would not use autoremove anymore
Itis anoption to cause more breakage than good in my opinion.
Last edited by michaaa62; 2011-03-01 at 20:57.
Still you can set the package on hold with
Code:
echo python-pygame hold|dpkg --set-selections
EDIT: I simply would not use autoremove anymore
Itis anoption to cause more breakage than good in my opinion.
Last edited by michaaa62; 2011-03-01 at 20:57.
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2011-03-02
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Originally Posted by michaaa62
I could just pin it if I wanted to do it that way, there must be a more efficient way.
There seems to be some version mismatch between libs, so that python-pygame is considered to be removed. This might happen with testing and/or devel repos enabled.
Still you can set the package on hold withThere is one big drawback with this method: The package will not get updated anymore, you have to do it yourself!Code:echo python-pygame hold|dpkg --set-selections
EDIT: I simply would not use autoremove anymore
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2011-03-02
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Originally Posted by xxxxts
Have a look at /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01autoremove - that lists a couple of packages that aren't to be autoremoved. Either adding another entry to that list or creating a similar file under /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/ would hopefully do the trick.
I could just pin it if I wanted to do it that way, there must be a more efficient way.
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2011-03-02
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I had a problem similar to this on a debian LXDE install - to keep autoremove from asking to remove already-installed packages I wanted to keep, I just ran apt-get install (package) and that package would disappear from the autoremove list.
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