Re: Libgsf 1.10 !!!!!!!

["J.H.M. Dassen (Ray)" <fsmla xinara org>]

Vincent,

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On Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 18:32:59 +0100, Trouilliez Vincent wrote:
>    Version 1.4.0 required libgsf 1.10, but I had 1.9 on my system. I
>    downloaded 1.10 from Gnumeric download page, installed it fine. Then I
>    proceeded to removed the old 1.9 version and, can't believe it, my
>    package manager (synaptic) removed half of my system !! it removbed
>    Nautilus, many gnome bits, even Gimp, and hundreds of other packages !!
>    What's te hell is going on ?!! :-OOOO

There are many packages that depend on "libgsf-1", either directly or
indirectly. The direct list ("apt-cache rdepends libgsf-1") includes
important packages like "gdm" and "librsvg2-2" (on which "nautilus" and
"gimp-svg" depend; "gimp" in turn depends on "gimp-svg").

>    Now I don't want to reboot my system, it probably wouldn't start again
>    with so many packages removed !! :-O

It probably will, though you may need to use console mode to get back to the
environment you're used to. Something like "apt-get install gnome-core" or
"apt-get install gnome-desktop-environment" will restore much of what you've
lost.

>    How am I supposed to upgrade libgsf if removing the old version removes
>    my entire desktop environement !!!!! :-O  :o(((((((((((((((

Wait for a packaged version. Binaries built against the older version of the
package still run against the newer version.

Mixing packages from a distribution with manually compiled binaries or
libraries is not something t
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