How to get rid of that annoying messages?

Originally Posted by ondoho since you did not reply to my request, i will not reply to yours either.

Sorry for that my friend. I ran those commands but couldn't find anything relevant. Maybe you will...

find / -iname '*opam*' 2>/root/find.txt

/var/cache/apt/archives/opam-docs_1.2.2-4_all.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/opam_1.2.2-4_amd64.deb
/tmp/opam-root-2531
/tmp/opam-root-20891
/usr/local/bin/opam
/root/.opam

grep -riIm1 opam / 2>/dev/null

/var/log/apt/history.log:Commandline: apt-get install opam
/var/log/apt/term.log:Selecting previously unselected package opam-docs.
/var/log/auth.log:Sep 16 08:07:06 ams-VPS2 sudo:     root : TTY=pts/3 ; PWD=/root ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/apt-get remove opam
/var/log/dpkg.log:2018-09-16 08:08:12 install opam-docs:all <none> 1.2.2-4
/var/log/unattended-upgrades/unattended-upgrades-dpkg.log:Removing opam-docs (1.2.2-4) ...
/var/log/unattended-upgrades/unattended-upgrades.log:2018-09-18 06:22:21,591 INFO Packages that are auto removed: 'camlp4 darcs javascript-common ledit libcamlp4-ocaml-dev libfindlib-ocaml libfindlib-ocaml-dev libjs-excanvas libncurses5-dev libtinfo-dev mercurial mercurial-common ocaml ocaml-base ocaml-base-nox ocaml-compiler-libs ocaml-findlib ocaml-interp ocaml-nox opam-docs'
/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_xenial_universe_i18n_Translation-en:Package: opam
/tmp/opam-root-2531/log-2531-7afd23.stdout:SHA256(/root/tezos/_opam/.opam-switch/sources/opam-depext.1.1.2/opam-depext-full-1.1.2.tbz)= 39e11dee865cd39e513dee01f31ce38a11583f92525c28c0a7ec34935569b9b0
/tmp/opam-root-2531/log-2531-58c514.stdout:SHA512(/root/tezos/_opam/.opam-switch/sources/opam-depext.1.1.2/opam-depext-full-1.1.2.tbz)= f02d0408040268002d246058185bd177621fe1e0fecc918161da9672e9d40107ab0a50a4758426f652d6add507f5af3c1a2bfb14daffb9353ebfeebf86a2323a
/root/.viminfo:~MSle0~/opam
/root/.bash_history:sh <(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ocaml/opam/master/shell/install.sh)
/root/.profile:# opam configuration

open a ternminal and issue:

bash --norc <enter>

Does it stop the message?
/root/.opam <-- Scary?

/root/.opam
/root/.bash_history:sh <(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oc...ell/install.sh)
/root/.profile:# opam configuration
these you need to investigate.
esp. the last one.
do you always work as root?
on a server?
scary indeed.

Originally Posted by Habitual open a ternminal and issue: bash --norc <enter> Does it stop the message? /root/.opam <-- Scary?

It does stop the messages! thanks!!

I tried to delete the .opam directory, and now I get -

File /root/.opam/config does not existroot@ams-VPS2:~/ALQO#
# opam-version 1.2.2
# os linux

Originally Posted by ondoho /root/.opam /root/.bash_history:sh <(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oc...ell/install.sh) /root/.profile:# opam configuration these you need to investigate. esp. the last one. do you always work as root? on a server? scary indeed.

Will check those you mentioned... thanks a bunch!!

Originally Posted by niiiro I tried to delete the .opam directory, and now I get - File /root/.opam/config does not existroot@ams-VPS2:~/ALQO# # opam-version 1.2.2 # os linux

yes, that's because you deleted the directory.