[wplug] My Debian died

[Mark Sikora]

On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 21:33:21 -0500 (EST), Brandon Kuczenski
<brandon at 301south.net> wrote:
> I have two questions here for Debian users.  I'm on Testing. First,
> assuming I use apt-get exclusively for software installation, where can I
> see a list of the last 'n' packages installed?
> 
> Second, did something crazy just happen recently with the Debian packages?
> Out of the blue, my xmms just stopped working, telling me that it can't
> find libmikmod.so.2 --I've never had this problem before, but I go to
> apt-get install libmikmod2 and apt cheerfully asks me if I wnt to download
> 404 MB of archives and update virtually every package on my system.
> 
> I have just never learned much about apt, but I was wondering if I missed
> a memo.
> 
> This may well be the end of my stay with Debian (or at the very least,
> Debian Testing) considering how many unsolved problems I am facing that
> don't seem to have answers short of myself personally delving into the
> source code (something I'm not prepared to do, considering how hard I am
> having to work just to keep even with people who persistently mock me for
> not using Windows).
> 
> Anyway, so I was wondering (with regard to the first question) what I
> might have recently installed that broke xmms, and (with regard to the
> second), whether I should ditch this distro.
> 
> -Brandon
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Well, about distro ditching....


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