apt-get upgrade: too many packages!

bruno buys · 01-30-2005, 09:55 AM

I am willing to upgrade kde by doing apt-get upgrade. But it calculated 447MB needed. Tons of kde-related and gnome-related packages, and some system things. Got a bit scared... I guess before I try to do this, better ask here what kind of problems/worries/concerns shall I have by doing this?
I mean, the computer is quite nice now, everything works, except for a few details. I don't wanna break it.
Thanks!

Running Sarge. KDE 3.2.3, gnome and, most of the time, xfce4.2.

foamrotreturns · 01-30-2005, 06:53 PM

Why upgrade KDE if you use xfce most of the time? I'd only upgrade it if I was using it all the time and the current release had a MAJOR bug in it that was rendering my PC almost useless. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

bruno buys · 01-30-2005, 09:21 PM

Because one of the details I spoke about was that I can't use the menu "system" under kde. When I try the system hangs for a while, consuming 100% cpu for a few seconds, and then returns to normal, but without the system bar. It has to do with a broken sysviniteditor, if I recall correctly.
I thought upgrading could fix it. And besides, I use konqueror in xfce a lot.