[ale] if 'dpkg' is removed, will this entirely disable all up-dating/grading & apt-get functions ?

[Courtney Thomas]

Then, am I correct in assuming that your answer is ...YES !

That is, if I remove dpkg then I'm through installing. Period.
Except by a reinstallation, by which I take you to mean......
the entire OS.

I find this idea astonishing, i.e. that the architects of this
distribution would design-in or at least permit such a
disastrous consequence.

How could dpkg ever be upgraded if that were the case ?

Hoping you're wrong  :-)

Courtney


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <bcr2925 at fsu.edu>
To: ale at ale.org
To: "Courtney Thomas" <courtneycthomas at bellsouth.net>
Cc: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale at ale.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 10:03 PM
Subject: Re: [ale] if 'dpkg' is removed, will this entirely disable all
up-dating/grading & apt-get functions ?


>
> I can't remember the cause, or the situation, but apt-get upgrade wouldnt
> work for me, until I agreed to remove dpkg.  then, of course, I couldnt
> ever install it again, so I could never install anything again.  I don't
> remember how I got myself into the situation, but i know I eventually
> solved it with a reinstall.
>
>
> ___________________________________________________
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>
>
> On Sun, 22 Oct 2006, Courtney Thomas wrote:
>
> > The reason I ask is that to install the stable version of coreutils, my
> > machine is requiring
> > that I in the process, remove dpkg, if I accede, will I then be unable
to
> > turn right around
> > and install the appropriate version   ?
> >
> > Thanks once more,
> > Courtney
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