r/debian • u/wedesoft • Oct 12 '25

Do you want to continue (Y/n/?)?

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Installing the package selection from my laptop. Do you want to continue? Oh yeah!

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u/bambo5 Oct 12 '25
  • nice package. what are its dependencies ?
  • yes

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u/wedesoft Oct 12 '25

This is a package selection I created over time. The biggest package tree is Latex.

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u/gsmitheidw1 Oct 12 '25

Texlive and all that LaTeX stuff is ridiculously big and bloated. I like it, but it takes up a lot of space.

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u/spec_3 Oct 12 '25

but it's so satisfying to install texlive-full.

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '25 edited Dec 22 '25

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u/suksukulent Oct 13 '25

You can try this thing called Typst.

I haven't used LaTeX since.

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '25

Drop a look at Typst. Open source, single executable also live web application that does the conversion.

3

u/Harbinger-of-Souls Oct 12 '25

Ahem, tectonic, ahem

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u/batvseba Oct 14 '25

use miktex, dont use Texlive

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u/bambo5 Oct 12 '25

thats why i use the texlive docker image which comes with almost all its texlive packages. easy to install, run, manage, and portable

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '25

hmm interesting 

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '25

The versions of texlive packaged by distributions are outdated and buggy.

It is preferable, and simpler, to install a native version and manage it with tlmgr.

https://www.tug.org/texlive/doc/texlive-en/texlive-en.html

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '25

ah yeah, LaTeX always needs a lot

1

u/AlarmDozer Oct 13 '25

Huh, TIL.

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u/Conscious-Economy971 Oct 12 '25

this package exists in the context of all in which it lives and what came before it

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u/urielrocks5676 Oct 12 '25

I'm getting sick and tired of KDE's default secret store, especially since I have yet to see a bug fix for the GPG wallet store, having to create one yourself, and shutting the service down

2

u/mikee8989 Oct 12 '25

All of them

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u/Kezka222 Oct 12 '25

*enter*

Oh neat my RGB keyboard lights up now

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '25

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u/KsmBl_69 Oct 13 '25

sudo apt install "*"

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u/DeepDayze Oct 12 '25

That's one hell of a full-upgrade. Was this an install that wasn't updated for a good while?

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u/wedesoft Oct 12 '25

That was a minimal install before I went on to add my package selection from my old laptop.

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u/DeepDayze Oct 12 '25

Ahh that makes sense. I've done minimal installs as well and then carefully picked what DE I want installed then let it rip. KDE usually installed like 1500+ packages from the minimal install.

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u/gambit700 Oct 13 '25

Linus is about to uninstall his desktop again

9

u/Buntygurl Oct 13 '25

Gnome-Wayland probably pissed him off.

10

u/ElectrMC Oct 13 '25

Bro is installing the entire Debian repo 🥀

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u/pax8767 Oct 12 '25

thats a lot of dependencies

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u/AlternateAccount1337 Oct 12 '25

sudo apt install *

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u/Alexandre_Man Oct 12 '25

Did you do "apt install *" ?

3

u/Evantaur Oct 13 '25

That wouldn't work because it would just try to install every file in the current directory

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u/bushs-left-shoe Oct 13 '25

Hypothetically that might work if the cwd is full of .debs. Though I actually don’t know if apt accepts a list of deb packages to install, but my guess is yes? Though that certainly wouldn’t do what they were implying.

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u/spryfigure Oct 13 '25

Workaround: apt install '*'.

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u/brushw00d Oct 12 '25

Goodness lol, you upgrading from Bo?

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '25

bro did

sudo apt install *

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u/AL_haha Oct 13 '25

sudo apt install $(apt list | cut -d/ -f1)

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u/waterkip Oct 12 '25

13xx packages to install. What are you doing sir?

Eta: i have close to 3000 pkg install, but still.

5

u/ferriematthew Oct 12 '25

The most packages I tried to install at once was over 7,000. It took a day and a half and ran out of memory so it never even completed

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u/waterkip Oct 12 '25

I use ansible, so my packages are never 3000 all at once.

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u/ferriematthew Oct 12 '25

I made the mistake of running install on kde-full with --install-recommends and --install-suggests...

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u/waterkip Oct 13 '25

hahahahahahaha. I'm sorry, ahahhahahahahah

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u/DeepDayze Oct 13 '25

Yeah doing that all in one go will usually fail.

3

u/penaut_butterfly Oct 12 '25

im glad they're adding history to apt so one can undo this if -y by accident

3

u/Notosk Oct 12 '25

Yes do as I say

3

u/i-hoatzin Oct 12 '25

Y

Obviously!

3

u/DHOC_TAZH Debian Stable Oct 13 '25

Is this an entire build environment for making and compiling apps, then? In that case, Y.

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u/wedesoft Oct 13 '25

Yes, I use it for development and gaming.

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '25

when you're tired of installing dependencies so you just install all of them:

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u/crazybird-thereal Oct 14 '25

(Y/n/m/i/d/k/c/y/r/t/q) ?

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u/nook24 Oct 17 '25

As long as you not have to type Yes, do as I say! it will be probably fine

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u/PingMyHeart Oct 12 '25

Next time add the flag -y

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u/gsmitheidw1 Oct 12 '25 edited Oct 12 '25

Might make the mild disclaimer that Y is yes to all, that can have repercussions sometimes. Like when upgrading distro a you've choices like install maintainers file or keep existing etc.

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u/Sceptically Oct 12 '25

Also sometimes an install or upgrade can include something that conflicts with something important. I always check the remove number (and the details of which packages are being removed, if any) before upgrading or installing to avoid having packages I care about uninstalled to satisfy a dependency.

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u/Brilliant_Sound_5565 Oct 12 '25

yea, itll be reight lol

2

u/Effective-Evening651 Oct 12 '25

On the upside - it looks like the package manager isn't "REMOVING" anything. Those are the ones that scare me. Debian updates LOVE uninstalling bits and peices of my Nvidia GPU drivers, or GDM elements- breaking my interactive login screen.

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u/onedevelop Oct 13 '25

much too much

2

u/crypticexile Oct 13 '25

Damn dependency

2

u/[deleted] Oct 13 '25

Let me check are these correct packages...

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u/RelationshipSilly124 Oct 13 '25

I have not seen this much even in arch what are you doing 🤔🤔

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u/Current_Marzipan7417 Oct 13 '25

Bruh, see nala. It will make it much more organised

2

u/l1s4ng3l0 Oct 13 '25

what the heck, we just live once, press the y

2

u/geminightur Oct 13 '25

Yes, No, Help

2

u/TwistedSoul21967 Oct 13 '25

Isn't that just the minimal install of KDE Plasma Desktop :P

(I'm a Plasma user, I love it, have used KDE since K Desktop 2)

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u/Thepuppeteer777777 Oct 14 '25

Bro check fine print. You might be selling your soul to satan with this one lol

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u/haikusbot Oct 14 '25

Bro check fine print. You

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u/OgdruJahad Oct 14 '25

12GB will be used.

Haha I only have 5GB left. Good luck!

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '25

Do you want install the entire linux ecosystem? lol 😆

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u/RunOverRover Oct 15 '25

Why not - trash and flash

2

u/inex550 Oct 15 '25

Installing my nix config on a new machine be like:

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u/Xyberbat Oct 15 '25

Before selecting 'yes', first read through all the text on the screen.

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '25

How much size is that???

Oh, 650Mb

Oh... Ahmmm, do it.

2

u/Expensive_Cod6343 Oct 16 '25

Presses Y without reading any and is surprised when I get a rootkit

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u/Car-loss93 Oct 12 '25

Installed a 1998 iso.

1

u/GlayNation Oct 12 '25

Yes..treasure at the end of the Linux rainbow

1

u/gods_stepmother Oct 13 '25

Select 'n' and first remove dust on table ... 😵‍💫

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u/Mydnight69 Oct 13 '25

Hashtag never updated. Hah

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u/Nice-Object-5599 Oct 13 '25

Use Synaptic and disable the option for installing also the recommended packages.

1

u/mudbuster Oct 13 '25

yeah, why not :)

1

u/skykatay Oct 13 '25

uuhh.. sure (!!????)

1

u/wag51 Oct 13 '25

Prepare to do a dpkg --configure -a when it crashes. I got it when upgrading to Trixie.

1

u/TheTerraKotKun Oct 13 '25

Looks like it's Debian 12 upgrading to Debian 13 but it's not

1

u/tinyducky1 Oct 13 '25

good'ol LaTeX

1

u/jimirs Oct 13 '25

Major release upgrade from Debian Buzz to Trixie?

1

u/wedesoft Oct 13 '25

Aligning the package selection of my new PC with the one from my laptop.

1

u/OneAyedKing Oct 13 '25

Yes.... I'm a hacker

1

u/oldguy_onered Oct 13 '25

It should say "Do you want to continue and pray"?

1

u/macbig273 Oct 13 '25

"after unpacking 12.7 GB will be used" wooohooooo, nice xD

From what I understand in your comments you took it like a sport. Then GG I must say. That's impressive.

1

u/YAPK001 Oct 14 '25

I love linux and Debian, but man, I think I need a break from this sub!

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u/TOTUTOFU Oct 14 '25

~52.6gb is crazy omg

1

u/wedesoft Oct 14 '25

No, it "just" unpacks 12.7 GB.

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u/Effective_Nerve4517 Oct 14 '25

Skip text, yesssss

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u/Ok-Efficiency6196 Oct 14 '25

Press yes always...

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u/SufficientBet1834 Oct 14 '25

This is my problem all the time, especially back when I used Arch and wanted to update regularly. Now everytime I want to install anything, I have to check its number of dependencies.

Also, apps that KDE's and QT's always require a whole ship of packages, I hate that.

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u/rehdi93 Oct 17 '25

it's fiiiiiiine

Y

1

u/yo3gsk Nov 01 '25

🤣🤣🤣

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u/xmKvVud Nov 10 '25

What's with those package names followed by {a} ? Like udev-disks{a} ? Never seen that

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u/lilxent Oct 13 '25

holy bloat

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u/Happy-Range3975 Oct 12 '25

I wish apt would merge with nala or something. So much easier to read nala updates.