[SOLVED] dist-upgrade to debian 8

Higgsboson · 02-08-2016, 10:56 AM

After the dist-upgrade, I thought I'd do a simple apt-get update, apt-get upgrade.
However, I have a message on the terminal saying 'The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required' and then there is a list of files. The message even gave a recommendation to use

Code:

apt-get autoremove

to remove them.
I did this and a TON of files have been removed:

Code:

The following packages will be REMOVED:
  acpi-fakekey acpi-support acpi-support-base acpid apache2.2-bin bluez-alsa
  bluez-gstreamer browser-plugin-gnash consolekit evolution-webcal fonts-sil-gentium
  fonts-sil-gentium-basic gcalctool gdebi geoclue geoclue-hostip geoclue-localnet
  geoclue-manual geoclue-nominatim geoclue-yahoo gir1.2-clutter-gst-1.0
  gir1.2-ebookcontacts-1.2 gir1.2-edataserver-1.2 gir1.2-folks-0.6 gir1.2-gee-0.8
  gir1.2-gee-1.0 gir1.2-gst-plugins-base-0.10 gir1.2-gstreamer-0.10
  gir1.2-tracker-0.14 glchess glines gnash gnash-common gnect gnibbles gnobots2
  gnome-games-data gnome-games-extra-data gnome-icon-theme-extras gnome-js-common
  gnome-mag gnome-session-fallback gnomine gnotravex gnotski gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg
  gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly gtali hpijs libamd2.2.0 libapache-pom-java libarchive12
  libass4 libatk-adaptor-data libatspi1.0-0 libattica0 libavcodec53 libavformat53
  libavutil51 libbind9-80 libblas3gf libboost-program-options1.49.0
  libboost-thread1.49.0 libbrlapi0.5 libcamel-1.2-33 libck-connector0
  libclucene0ldbl libclutter-gst-1.0-0 libclutter-imcontext-0.1-0
  libclutter-imcontext-0.1-bin libcluttergesture-0.0.2-0 libcmis-0.2-0
  libcolamd2.7.1 libcolorblind0 libcolord1 libcommons-beanutils-java
  libcommons-collections3-java libcommons-compress-java libcommons-digester-java
  libcommons-logging-java libcommons-parent-java libdb-java libdb-je-java
  libdb5.1-java-jni libdb5.3-java libdb5.3-java-jni libdbus-glib1.0-cil
  libdbus1.0-cil libdconf0 libdevmapper-event1.02.1 libdirac-decoder0 libdns88
  libdotconf1.0 libdrm-nouveau1a libdvbpsi7 libebackend-1.2-2 libebml3
  libecal-1.2-11 libedata-cal-1.2-15 libedataserver-1.2-16 libepc-1.0-3
  libepc-common libepc-ui-1.0-3 libexiv2-12 libffi5 libfftw3-3 libfftw3-long3
  libgcr-3-1 libgd2-xpm libgdata13 libgdu-gtk0 libgdu0 libgee2 libgeoclue0
  libgexiv2-1 libgexiv2-2 libglew1.7 libgmime2.6-cil libgnome-bluetooth10
  libgnome-mag2 libgnome-media-profiles-3.0-0 libgnomekbd7 libgphoto2-2
  libgphoto2-port0 libgrilo-0.1-0 libgssglue1 libgupnp-dlna-1.0-2 libgweather-3-0
  libhsqldb-java libical0 libicc2 libicu48 libicu4j-java libimdi0 libimobiledevice2
  libisc84 libisccc80 libisccfg82 libjavascriptcoregtk-1.0-0 libjim0debian2
  libjline-java libjson0 libjtidy-java libkidletime4 liblcms1 liblucene2-java
  liblvm2app2.2 liblwres80 libmagick++5 libmagickcore5 libmagickcore5-extra
  libmagickwand5 libmatroska5 libminiupnpc5 libmozjs185-1.0 libmusicbrainz3-6
  libmusicbrainz5-0 libmx-1.0-2 libmx-bin libmx-common libopenjpeg2
  libpam-ck-connector libparted0debian1 libplist1 libpoppler19 libproxy0 libraw10
  libraw5 libreadline5 libregexp-java libreoffice libreoffice-emailmerge
  libreoffice-report-builder-bin librest-extras-0.7-0 librhythmbox-core6 librtmp0
  libseed-gtk3-0 libslp1 libsocialweb-client2 libsocialweb-common
  libsocialweb-service libsocialweb0 libssh-4 libssl-dev libssl-doc libswscale2
  libsystemd-daemon0 libsystemd-login0 libt1-5 libtar0 libtelepathy-farstream2
  libtelepathy-logger2 libtidy-0.99-0 libtiff4 libtotem-plparser17
  libtracker-extract-0.14-0 libtracker-miner-0.14-0 libtracker-sparql-0.14-0
  libts-0.0-0 libumfpack5.4.0 libunique-3.0-0 libupower-glib1 libusbmuxd1
  libvisio-0.0-0 libvte-common libvte9 libwebkitgtk-1.0-0 libwebkitgtk-1.0-common
  libwebp2 libwpd-0.9-9 libwpg-0.2-2 libwps-0.2-2 libx264-123 libxz-java mahjongg
  openssh-blacklist openssh-blacklist-extra pcmciautils python-aptdaemon
  python-aptdaemon.gtk3widgets python-beautifulsoup python-brlapi python-defer
  python-feedparser python-fpconst python-gnupginterface python-httplib2
  python-louis python-mako python-markupsafe python-packagekit python-pyatspi2
  python-software-properties python-utidylib python-zeitgeist rdesktop
  shared-desktop-ontologies shotwell shotwell-common tsconf ttf-dejavu
  ttf-dejavu-core ttf-liberation ttf-sil-gentium-basic udisks zlib1g-dev

Is this normal? It seemed that these files were installed to upgrade to Jessie. By removing them, is the OS somehow going back to Wheezy? In other words, have I done something wrong?

Also, it gave the following message when removing files:

Code:

Unknown media type in type 'all/all'
Unknown media type in type 'all/allfiles'
Unknown media type in type 'uri/mms'
Unknown media type in type 'uri/mmst'
Unknown media type in type 'uri/mmsu'
Unknown media type in type 'uri/pnm'
Unknown media type in type 'uri/rtspt'
Unknown media type in type 'uri/rtspu'

Should I be worried about this? Thank you in advance.

rokytnji · 02-08-2016, 10:59 AM

Hold back on autoremove for about a month or so. I never use it on my installs. Not enough space taken up to matter anyways.

Quote:

In other words, have I done something wrong?

You are just learning so if things start to break. Yes. Then a reinstall is easier than trying to fix what you broke.

Higgsboson · 02-08-2016, 12:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rokytnji

Hold back on autoremove for about a month or so. I never use it on my installs. Not enough space taken up to matter anyways.

You are just learning so if things start to break. Yes. Then a reinstall is easier than trying to fix what you broke.

That's quite unbelievable. Only now I find out about holding back on autoremove! And I was simply following the instruction on the terminal.

So now I'll just wait to see if things begin to break on the OS!

Timothy Miller · 02-08-2016, 12:50 PM

The reason is because many of these packages weren't explicitly installed by you, and so the system thinks they're no longer needed. What I usually do is export the list to a text file, look at it when I have time, and decide any of the packages I obviously want (like ttf-dejavu ttf-dejavu-core ttf-liberation ttf-silentium-basic), do an apt-get install to mark them as manually installed, then do a apt-get autoremove. MANY of the files you have listed ARE obsolete packages in Jessie, and are no longer needed.

Higgsboson · 02-08-2016, 04:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Timothy Miller

The reason is because many of these packages weren't explicitly installed by you, and so the system thinks they're no longer needed.

Wow, that's quite a bold step to keep things neat and tidy. The feather duster is replaced with an axe!

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What I usually do is export the list to a text file, look at it when I have time, and decide any of the packages I obviously want (like ttf-dejavu ttf-dejavu-core ttf-liberation ttf-silentium-basic), do an apt-get install to mark them as manually installed, then do a apt-get autoremove. MANY of the files you have listed ARE obsolete packages in Jessie, and are no longer needed.

Yes, it looks like debian wants us to acquire a knowledge about what the packages are and what they do! However, that's a good method of keeping some packages while still using the autoremove cmd. It's good to know that obsolete packages have been removed!

oldtechaa · 02-09-2016, 08:17 AM

Don't worry about those packages! If you notice, the vast majority are libraries with a major version number in their name. The counterpart with a different name due to its different major version number has been installed to replace them.