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Mintinstall 8.0.5 Unsupported packages #210

Open MenthaSuaveolens opened 4 years ago

MenthaSuaveolens commented 4 years ago

Mintinstall 8.0.5 contains references to unsupported packages. As a consequence the installer keeps searching for the specified package.

Example : the obsolete package revelation is still shown in the search-query. UnsupportedPackage

mtwebster commented 4 years ago

I don't see this package. Can you provide more info? Did you just upgrade from 19.3->20?

Does it still show up if you refresh the package list from the upper-right-corner menu?

MenthaSuaveolens commented 4 years ago

Hi Michael,

On a computer where I did a fresh install, I can't find it neither. It happens on a computer where I did an upgrade from 19.3 -> 20. It is still showing up after refreshing the package list. The package is showing up in synaptic package-manager having no properties nor dependencies at all.So it looks something hasn't been properly cleaned up while installing LM20. RevelationInSynaptic

kelebek333 commented 4 years ago

Could you post output of following command.

apt policy revelation

MenthaSuaveolens commented 4 years ago

apt policy revelation revelation: Installed: (none) Candidate: (none) Version table: 0.4.14-3 -1 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

kelebek333 commented 4 years ago

I think the package was deleted but the configuration files were not purge. Can you try use "Purge residual configuration" option on Mintsource's Maintenance tab.

MenthaSuaveolens commented 4 years ago

I think the package was deleted but the configuration files were not purge. Can you try use "Purge residual configuration" option on Mintsource's Maintenance tab.

Problem solved by purging the residual configuration. I had to refresh the package list afterwards before it was finally left out of Mintinstall.

MenthaSuaveolens commented 4 years ago

As an experiment I did a clean install of LM19.3 in a virtual machine. After applying all the updates and rebooting, I installed 2 packages (which are being obsoleted in LM 20 Cinnamon), revelation and gcstar. Immediately after installing the 2 packages, I removed both of them. So I didn't use them at all. Then I started the upgrading towards LM 20. The upgrade went well and after rebooting the VM, both obsoleted packages still show up in mintinstall. After purging the residual configuration, they are gone.

Is there a way to see which packages have been obsoleted? For instance, I was using the gcstar collections-manager on a computer with LM 19.3. After upgrading to LM Mint 20, gcstar was still working ok. Then I wanted to install this package on a clean installed computer with LM 20, but as a surprise the package was no longer available in the repositories.

apt policy revelation revelation: Installed: (none) Candidate: (none) Version table: 0.4.14-3 -1 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

apt policy gcstar gcstar: Installed: (none) Candidate: (none) Version table: 1.7.1+repack-1 -1 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status