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

[Courtney Thomas]

James,

I'm using synaptic.

I assume that they're all based on dpkg somehow, but maybe not so.

Is their a 'concise' description of Debian innards anywhere on the web ?

Surely somebody's done this !

I'm sittin' here with a screen that says it's ready to do the long sought
for,
'cept it's warnin' me that it's about to delete an ESSENTIAL pkg,....dpkg.

I sure would like to hit <ret> but would like to hear from someone who's
done this without committing hara-kari   :-)

Courtney



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Sumners" <james.sumners at gmail.com>
To: ale at ale.org
To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale at ale.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 9:06 PM
Subject: Re: [ale] if 'dpkg' is removed,will this entirely disable all
up-dating/grading & apt-getfunctions ?


> Hmm, if apt is the one doing this then I think it should be okay. The
> package does have to be upgraded somehow.
>
> On 10/22/06, Courtney Thomas <courtneycthomas at bellsouth.net> 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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