Hi Guys,
I have installed the Ubuntu Studio packages on Ubuntu 8.04, but I want to update the Rosegarden package. I have a deb of version 1.7 from getdeb.
I want to remove the current Rosegarden package before installing the new one, but Synaptic tells me it will remove the ubuntustudio-audio package. Ovviously, I don't want this to be removed.
Is it neccessary to remove the old Rosegarden package before installing the new one? If so, any tips on how I can remove it without removing the rest of the UbuntuStudio audio packages.
Thanks,
Andy.
Updating Rosegarden
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Re: Updating Rosegarden
hey!
the apt (.deb) way is much easier than you think :
just install the package you picked up and it will remove the old one (only what's necessary) automatically.
Don't even think you have to remove something to upgrade it
the apt (.deb) way is much easier than you think :
just install the package you picked up and it will remove the old one (only what's necessary) automatically.
Don't even think you have to remove something to upgrade it
Re: Updating Rosegarden
That worked, although it wasn't plain sailing - after running the rosegarden-data deb, it complained about dependency problems. Running 'sudo apt-get install -f' fixed it, although it still threw up a message saying it was going to remove ubuntustudio-audio. I was then able to install the main rosegarden deb file without probems and thankfully ubuntustudio-audio hadn't been removed.
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Re: Updating Rosegarden
This is actually not as big a problem as it may seem.werock wrote:I was then able to install the main rosegarden deb file without probems and thankfully ubuntustudio-audio hadn't been removed.
Ubuntustudio-audio is a 'metapackage' that doesn't contain anything itself, but just depends on a collection of other (audio-related) applications, including (I guess) Rosegarden. Because of that, installing 'ubuntustudio-audio' will install all those other applications.
While removing rosegarden will violate one of those dependencies, it'll cause ubuntustudio-audio to be deinstalled, but all other dependencies of ubuntustudio-audio (i.e. the actual apps) will remain in place.
Except /usr/share/ubuntustudio-audio/rtprio.py . Why that lives in ubuntustudio-audio is beyond me .