Dangerous Synaptic BUG

[Dr. Octagon]

Hello,

my LMDE ist running with UP8. This scenario doesn't occur with UP7!!
Case:
If Synaptic is advised to install PlayOnLinux or WineTricks (both I've tested with UP8... and UP7 earlier), there comes up the regular screen, where you can see, which packets need to be removed or to be installed. The "need to be installed"-entries are as expected, but surprisingly the "must be removed"-entries show ALL packages my LMDE is installed with (for example Synaptic, Alacarte, ClamTK, Gnome***, Mate***, GIMP and so on).

Fortunately I get a closer look before accepting the install process... so I'm still be able to post this.

Can someone confirm this behavior or tell me what went wrong?


Cu
Dr. Octagon

[Monsta]

I can't confirm it. It only wants to install a heap of i386 packages which is normal (because of wine).
Something is wrong with your system. Try installing these packages with apt and post the output here:

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apt install playonlinux

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apt install winetricks

And also post the output of:

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inxi -Sr

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cat /etc/apt/preferences

[Dr. Octagon]

Hello,

"Wine install" itself doesn't show this behavior!!

These are the results... but first, apt isn't recognized:

$ apt install playonlinux
No command 'apt' found
apt: command not found

$ apt install winetricks
No command 'apt' found
apt: command not found

$ inxi -Sr
System: Host: ######## Kernel: 3.11-2-amd64 x86_64 (64 bit) Desktop: MATE 1.6.1 Distro: Linux Mint Debian Edition
Repos: Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian main upstream import backport
deb-src http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian main upstream import backport
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest testing main contrib non-free
deb-src http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest testing main contrib non-free
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/security testing/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/security testing/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/multimedia testing main non-free
deb-src http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/multimedia testing main non-free

$ cat /etc/apt/preferences
Package: *
Pin: release o=linuxmint
Pin-Priority: 700

Package: *
Pin: origin packages.linuxmint.com
Pin-Priority: 700

Package: *
Pin: release o=Debian
Pin-Priority: 500

Cu
Dr. Octagon

[Monsta]

apt isn't recognized

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sudo apt-get install mintsystem

and retry.

And please use the "code" tag for the results.

[kurotsugi]

try with 'apt-get -s install playonlinux' and 'apt-get -s install winetrick'. it might not a synaptic bug. synaptic as default want to try install recommended package. you might need to turn it off.

[Dr. Octagon]

OK,

I've installed WINE itself now via Synaptic... an retry PlayOnLinux install the same.
So, if WINE is installed first, the Installation of POL doesn't show up the dialog to erase my whole system.

btw: POL wasn't be able to install from the Software-Center... eventually because of this behavior shown in Synaptic.

P.S.
Sorry for the "not Code Feature" in my Post, but LMDE runs perfect all the time, so that I have no experience in Bug-Reports with Code included.

Cu
Dr. Octagon