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From: Merciadri Luca on 5 Jul 2010 15:20
Hi,

When you don't know that you already have a given package, and that you
want to install it, apt-get tells you that you already have it, and sets
it to `manually installed.' Why does it set it to `manually installed'
like this? What's the interest? Most of the time, I don't know that I
have a given package, and copy/paste a long list of packages that is
needed for building something.

Thanks.

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From: Merciadri Luca on 5 Jul 2010 15:30
Sorry, Enigmail bug.

And is there a way to prevent it from behaving like this?

Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote:
> On Seg, 05 Jul 2010, Merciadri Luca wrote:
>
> If you asked for a package to be installed, it is reasonable to assume
> that you want that package. If it is already installed, then naturally
> there is no need to reinstall - but since you asked for it, it is
> marked as manually installed - the same result you'd obtain if it was
> not installed.
>
>


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From: Eduardo M KALINOWSKI on 5 Jul 2010 15:30
On Seg, 05 Jul 2010, Merciadri Luca wrote:
> When you don't know that you already have a given package, and that you
> want to install it, apt-get tells you that you already have it, and sets
> it to `manually installed.' Why does it set it to `manually installed'
> like this? What's the interest? Most of the time, I don't know that I
> have a given package, and copy/paste a long list of packages that is
> needed for building something.

If you asked for a package to be installed, it is reasonable to assume
that you want that package. If it is already installed, then naturally
there is no need to reinstall - but since you asked for it, it is
marked as manually installed - the same result you'd obtain if it was
not installed.


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