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apt-get: safe to remove linux-kernel-headers-knoppix ?
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Author:  neutron68 [ Sat May 30, 2009 10:17 am ]
Post subject:  apt-get: safe to remove linux-kernel-headers-knoppix ?
I was trying to add some linux packages to my friend's R5F1 machine and got an apt-get warning. I did not proceed.

:?: Is it safe to let apt-get remove "linux-kernel-headers-knoppix"? :?:
Code:
root@mythtv:~# apt-get install cpufrequtils sysfsutils
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  binutils libc6 libc6-dev libcpufreq0 libncurses5 libncurses5-dev libselinux1
  libslang2 libslang2-dev linux-libc-dev tzdata util-linux
Suggested packages:
  binutils-doc locales glibc-doc libc6-i686 manpages-dev util-linux-locales
Recommended packages:
  libgpm2

The following packages will be REMOVED:
  linux-kernel-headers-knoppix

The following NEW packages will be installed:
  cpufrequtils libcpufreq0 linux-libc-dev sysfsutils
The following packages will be upgraded:
  binutils libc6 libc6-dev libncurses5 libncurses5-dev libselinux1 libslang2
  libslang2-dev tzdata util-linux
10 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 1 to remove and 769 not upgraded.
Need to get 15.5MB of archives.
After unpacking 6083kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?

For reference, in R5F1 the sources.list file is pointing to stable sources:
Code:
#Debian repos
deb http://ftp.debian.org stable main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.debian.org stable main contrib non-free
Author:  tjc [ Sat May 30, 2009 1:30 pm ]
Post subject: 
R5F1 is old enough that the debian version aliased "stable" has changed twice since then. You might want to look into upgrading that box as a first step.
Author:  neutron68 [ Sat May 30, 2009 8:29 pm ]
Post subject:  upgrading
I have pitched upgrading my friends R5F1 box. He was reluctant because it has "just worked" for 2 years without trouble. I think I have him convinced to do the upgrade.

Even though I probably won't ever do the referenced apt-get install command with his R5F1 box, what would have happened when linux-kernel-headers-knoppix was removed? Would that have corrupted the kernel or the basic operating system (and broke the box)?

Curious,
Eric
Author:  graysky [ Sun May 31, 2009 5:13 am ]
Post subject: 
If you remove the kernel headers, and attempt to install something that needs them (such as video card drivers), the install will fail.

FYI, if your friend has a spare HDD, use gparted to copy your / filesystem from the old box to the spare HDD to keep it as a backup. Your /myth partition will be untouched during the upgrade and should you need to revert back for some reason, you can simply copy/paste the backed-up partition over to the old HDD.
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