On Wed, 10 Mar 2004, Ben Stringer wrote: > On Wed, 2004-03-10 at 13:42, Gerry Doris wrote: > > I have up2date, yum and apt installed. up2date and yum are working fine. > > apt-get was also working a short time ago but it seems to have gone off > > the rails lately. > > > > When I try and run "apt-get upgrade" it wants to remove every single > > package on my PC. > > Does it want to replace them all with new packages? No. It just wants to remove all 847 packages and update none. In other words, erase my disk! > > > > > I've tried removing and installing apt but that doesn't do anything. Does > > anyone have a clue why this is happening? > > Do you always run "apt-get update" before attempting an upgrade? If not, > try this - it will refresh apt's package list. I'll give it a try. Thanks! -- Gerry "The lyfe so short, the craft so long to learne" Chaucer
