They say the 'Devil makes work for idle hands'. With nothing much to do over Sunday, I decided to experiment with the 'slapt-get --upgrade' command. Basically, this upgrades everything on a Linux system. It doesn't verify the installation, nor does it check for dependencies. Needless to say, I have completely destroyed my VectorLinux installation! It boots up to the login screen, but XFCE completely fails to load! I've had some success booting into ICEWM, but I don't really like that GUI, nor Fluxbox for that matter. Still, another saying goes 'nothing learned, nothing gained'. And I've certainly learned my lesson
[ot]I love the line when Linux boots which says something like: ".....panic, 'some-file-name' not found...." Why does Windows not panic when the installation buggers?[/ot] You are right though, if you do not do, you will never be fortunate enough to make mistakes..... still better you than me....LOL
I guess this goes without saying, but next time only do global updates using a package manager which resolves dependancies.
Kubuntu will give you two options in 'adept' Full upgrade or the more sensible 'Safe upgrade'. I suppose that if you were using Kubuntu you could have avoided the mishapp.... LOL.... Only joking.....
As you know, I use Ubuntu on another computer so I am familiar with 'apt-get' as well. To be honest though, there is little difference between slapt and apt.
