Equo & manually removing packages [Solved]

[cl00t]

Hello,

Running v7 KDE with all updates, weekly repo (not limbo).
Doing Equo Upgrade advises to remove 3 packages, see below:

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>>  @@ Calculating System Updates...
>>  @@ Nothing to update.
>>  @@ On the system there are packages that are not available anymore in the online repositories.                                                             
>>  @@ Even if they are usually harmless, it is suggested (after proper verification) to remove them.                                                           
>>  @@ These are the packages that should be MANUALLY removed:
>>  ## [sabayonlinux.org] dev-libs/libnl-1.1-r2 [988.9kB]
>>  ## [sabayonlinux.org] dev-java/icedtea6-bin-1.10.3 [112.4MB]
>>  ## [sabayonlinux.org] kde-misc/knetworkmanager-9999 [6.0MB]
>>  @@ Nothing to remove.
>>  @@ Configuration files scan complete.



How do I "properly verify" that I don't need those packages. I know how to remove packages manually using equo & not remove deps, but considering I use KDE I think removing the network manager will screw things up. Not sure if icetea or libnl are needed though?

deptest & libtest show no problems.

Any advice please?

Thank you.

[joost]

Those only appear when we removed them from the repository.
No you do not need them anymore in that case.

[cl00t]

Thanks,

Ok, I removed them one by one, just the packages, no deps.
So. of course, after uninstalling knetworkmanager I have nothing in the tray to enable switching bewteen connections.
I tried wicd but that doesn't support vpn connections, I need to be able to connect to vpn connections at will which knetworkmanager did well.

If knm is not included in SL8, what does it use, which I need to install in order to restore this function?

[Fitzcarraldo]

KNetworkManager was replaced by NetworkManagement.

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equo install networkmanagement

[cl00t]

Hello,

Thanks, I removed all 3 items with --ask --nodeps switches, then install networkmanagement.
I rebooted. Networkmanagement worked ok.
I ran a deptest & dev-libs/libnl-1.1-r2 installed again. Clearly it has not been removed from the weekly repo?

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# equo deptest
>>  @@ Running dependency test ...
>>  @@ These are the dependencies not found:
>>    # dev-libs/libnl:1.1
>>       # Needed by:
>>       # net-misc/networkmanager-0.9.2.0-r2
>>       # net-wireless/wimax-tools-1.4.5
>>  @@ Installing available packages in 10 seconds ...
>>  @@ Calculating dependencies ...
>>  ## [N] [sabayon-weekly] dev-libs/libnl-1.1-r2|1
>>  @@ Packages needing to be installed/updated/downgraded: 1
>>  @@ Packages needing to be removed: 0
>>  @@ Download size: 0b
>>  @@ Used disk space: 440.8kB
>>  @@ You need at least: 802.8kB of free space
>>  :: (1/1) >>> 1 packages
>>    ## Package checksum matches: dev-libs:libnl-1.1-r2~1.tbz2
>>  ++ (1/1) >>> dev-libs/libnl-1.1-r2
>>    ## Unpacking: dev-libs:libnl-1.1-r2~1.tbz2
>>    ## SPM: setup phase
>>    ## Installing package: dev-libs/libnl-1.1-r2
>>    ## [A library for applications dealing with netlink socket]
>>    ## Updating database: dev-libs/libnl-1.1-r2
>>    ## Cleaning previously installed application data.
>>> Regenerating /etc/ld.so.cache...
>>    ## Cleaning: dev-libs/libnl-1.1-r2
>>  @@ Installation complete.


If I choose to remove dev-libs/libnl-1.1-r2 without the --nodeps switch it wants to remove a lot of packages

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# equo remove dev-libs/libnl-1.1-r2 --ask
>>  @@ These are the chosen packages:
>>    # (1/1) [sabayon-weekly] dev-libs/libnl-1.1-r2 [440.8kB]
>>  @@ Packages involved: 1
     Would you like to calculate dependencies ? [Yes/No] y
>> \ Calculating inverse dependencies for net-misc/networkmanager-openvpn-0.9.2.>>  @@ These are the packages that would be removed:
>>  ## [sabayon-weekly] net-misc/networkmanager-pptp-0.9.2.0 [395.2kB]
>>  ## [sabayon-weekly] net-misc/networkmanager-openvpn-0.9.2.0 [599.0kB]
>>  ## [sabayon-weekly] net-misc/networkmanager-vpnc-0.9.2.0 [385.5kB]
>>  ## [sabayon-weekly] kde-base/kdebase-startkde-4.7.4 [20.3kB]
>>  ## [sabayon-weekly] kde-base/kdeplasma-addons-4.7.4 [11.1MB]
>>  ## [sabayon-weekly] kde-base/krunner-4.7.4 [806.1kB]
>>  ## [sabayon-weekly] kde-base/ksmserver-4.7.4 [393.4kB]
>>  ## [sabayon-weekly] net-p2p/ktorrent-4.1.3 [11.9MB]
>>  ## [sabayon-weekly] kde-base/kget-4.7.4 [4.9MB]
>>  ## [sabayon-weekly] net-libs/libktorrent-1.1.3 [2.7MB]
>>  ## [sabayon-weekly] kde-base/powerdevil-4.7.4 [1.3MB]
>>  ## [sabayon-weekly] kde-base/plasma-workspace-4.7.4 [13.2MB]
>>  ## [sabayon-weekly] kde-misc/networkmanagement-0.8.95 [6.8MB]
>>  ## [sabayon-weekly] media-gfx/digikam-2.4.1 [35.3MB]
>>  ## [sabayon-weekly] kde-base/kinfocenter-4.7.4 [1.8MB]
>>  ## [sabayon-weekly] kde-base/solid-4.7.4 [1.6MB]
>>  ## [sabayon-weekly] net-misc/networkmanager-0.9.2.0-r2 [4.6MB]
>>  ## [sabayon-weekly] net-wireless/wimax-tools-1.4.5 [1.0MB]
>>  ## [sabayon-weekly] dev-libs/libnl-1.1-r2 [440.8kB]
>>  @@ Packages needing to be removed: 19
>>  @@ Freed disk space: 99.3MB
>>  @@ Total bandwidth wasted: 30.0MB
     Would you like to proceed ? [Yes/No]


Where am I going wrong, it advises to remove dev-libs/libnl-1.1-r2 but it is not proving easy.

Thank you

[joost]

You still need dev-libs/libnl.

http://packages.sabayon.org/show/libnl, ... -show-what

I suspect Entropy suggested it for removal because it was a previously pulled in dep. from kde-misc/knetworkmanager-9999

[cl00t]

Ok, thank you