Aptitude

buttcoffee · posted: 2010-08-20 03:45

Hello all, I'm new here and to this particular distribution. I use Mepis 8 and debian on one of my other computers. Anyways, I guess I'll get to the point.

I noticed on the"what's new" part that aptitude was removed. So, is it suggested not to use aptitude, but to use apt-get instead, like in sidux?

oldhoghead · posted: 2010-08-20 05:52

Welcome to antiX,

Well, it was removed due to space, it is ok to use just stick to one or the other.
Don't mix and match or you will eventually run into issues.

cheers,
oldhoghead

buttcoffee · posted: 2010-08-20 08:18

Double Thanks. I only used apt-get to install aptitude. I know not to mix them up when using them __{{emoticon}}__ .

One last question, you know the wicd error (down below), that comes up when installing a new package? Well, First I tried searching

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/etc/dbus-1/system.d/wicd.conf

for the demo user, but it wasn't there. Then I tried purging it and reinstalling, but the error comes back up and what not. So, my question is, does it affect a package installation? The error seems to come up each time I install a package.

I'm just wondering, should I ust get rid of it or not.

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Setting up wicd-daemon (1.7.0+ds1-5) ...
adduser: The user `demo' does not exist.
dpkg: error processing wicd-daemon (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of wicd-curses:
 wicd-curses depends on wicd-daemon (= 1.7.0+ds1-5); however:
  Package wicd-daemon is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing wicd-curses (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of wicd-gtk:
 wicd-gtk depends on wicd-daemon (= 1.7.0+ds1-5); however:
  Package wicd-daemon is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing wicd-gtk (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of wicd:
 wicd depends on wicd-daemon (= 1.7.0+ds1-5); however:
  Package wicd-daemon is not configured yet.
 wicd depends on wicd-gtk (= 1.7.0+ds1-5) | wicd-curses (= 1.7.0+ds1-5) | wicd-cli (= 1.7.0+ds1-5) | wicd-client; however:
  Package wicd-gtk is not configured yet.
  Package wicd-curses is not configured yet.
  Package wicd-cli is not installed.
  Package wicd-client is not installed.
  Package wicd-gtk which provides wicd-client is not configured yet.
  Package wicd-curses which provides wicd-client is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing wicd (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 wicd-daemon
 wicd-curses
 wicd-gtk
 wicd

anticapitalista · posted: 2010-08-20 10:50

If you don't use wicd to connect to net, purge it. If you do need it, just add a new user called demo and then apt-get -f install.

buttcoffee · posted: 2010-08-21 01:02

Thanks __{{emoticon}}__