[lug] Recovering from massive Ubuntu mess

[D. Stimits]

> On 11/26/2020 4:53 PM Jed S. Baer <blug at jbaer.cotse.net> wrote:
> 
>  
> On Thu, 26 Nov 2020 15:11:03 -0700 (MST)
> D. Stimits wrote:
> 
> > > > Apparently, tasksel "helps" by running apt autoremove. The 1st thing
> > > > in it's display was a taskbar removing a bunch of stuff. I've been
> > > > avoiding doing autoremove, despite apt telling me I could do so,   
> > 
> > Just an afterthought, sometimes dependencies can be fixed with:
> > sudo apt --fix-broken install
> 
> I admire your optimism. :)

It is much less difficult to be optimistic when it is someone else's problem :P  Less stress, more curiosity.

> 
> But yeah, I tried some variations on that theme too.
> 
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>  - Linus Torvalds
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