coosbaytv | # 731 | 2009-07-09, 19:24 | Report

ok, I found the command : apt-get install inkscape and typed it in and got this response:

Need to get 32.3MB of archives.
After this operation, 105MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue?

I then chose "no" as I did not know what to do for sure and remembered reading that running out of space causes serious issues...don't want to go there...

So, now how do I uninstall Open Office (which I don't want) to make room for Inkscape (which I do want)!

Thanks!

qole | # 732 | 2009-07-09, 20:25 | Report

First, check to see how much space you have. At the chroot prompt:

Look under 'avail'... You need about 140MB, how much do you have?

coosbaytv | # 733 | 2009-07-09, 21:30 | Report

says 184MB avail

qole | # 734 | 2009-07-10, 02:52 | Report

So you're good! After installing, do
to get some more space back.

coosbaytv | # 735 | 2009-07-10, 04:13 | Report

qole...

done...works...clean
with 84MB avail space!

thanks all!

coosbaytv | # 736 | 2009-07-10, 04:34 | Report

ok so last question for a while...

how do I get the same Debian screen as shown in the youtube video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-sBwHgktpg at about 4:35?
Not a big deal but trying to learn...

JustNick | # 737 | 2009-07-10, 09:22 | Report

Oh mightiest Qole, the One who gave us humble peasants, forgive my soul for I have sinned...
I was going to try wxmaxima for Debian to check its usability compared to the one ported by Anunakin, so launched Synaptic, refreshed the applications database, checked every update and selected the desired package: around 100Mb where needed between packages to be downloaded and space for the actual installation.
I knew 400Mb where left free after Inkscape installation, so I clicked OK...

The horror!!! I probably remembered wrong, because right in the middle of the installation everything froze: no space left in the Easydebian partition... d'oh!
Killed synaptic, I had to reset the tablet, it hung so I removed the battery and went to sleep...
Now my question is: can I recover my beloved Debian or I have 100% chances I screwed it up so badly it's best to reformat the partition and start anew?

Edit: never mind, some dpkg magic and apt-get clean saved the day and I still have 195Mb free

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qole | # 738 | 2009-07-10, 16:28 | Report

Oh humble peasant JustNick, who has come to the Easy Debian gods with your supplication, your request has been heard and We have worked with might upon your tablet and We have allowed you to rescue your partition.



Seriously, though, there is something weird with your problem... You probably should unmount the partition and, as root, do:

Change the 0 and the 1 to the correct numbers for your partition...

coosbaytv | # 739 | 2009-07-11, 02:47 | Report

OK, still need to know the procedure to uninstall the Open Office suite and or one of the browsers? Still would like to know how much space Open Office takes up in this bundle...

Also, is the Desktop environment that came in the bundle changeable to something else like KDE or Gnome? (Yes, I did a little research today about Debian @ debian.org).

JustNick | # 740 | 2009-07-11, 07:30 | Report

Here's a thankful paesant to report that that command showed no error And his EasyDebian partition is ealthier than ever

On a side note, fdisking the SD I use to boot my NIT (without unmounting it, I just needed to see the partition table) I discovered some spooky warnings about the partitions (a total of three made with fanoush console-tools) not being aligned on cylinder boundaries... I guess it's nothing, in fact everything works just fine...

Thanks again Qole

@coosbaytv: in a chroot terminal you can use
This should uninstall the program you want get rid of and all the dipendencies installed with it and no longer needed