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Installation - Support / Re: Proper use of: "apt --solver 3.0 full-upgrade"

« Last post by micspabo on Yesterday at 14:23:17 »

Does this need to be configured somewhere?

No,- as long as you do regular Full Upgrades you should already be on apt version 3.0!

To check which version of apt you have on your system,- it just execute

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# apt policy apt


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Installation - Support / Re: Proper use of: "apt --solver 3.0 full-upgrade"

« Last post by whistler_mb on Yesterday at 12:02:32 »

IF the change has taken place is it still recommended to use the "apt --solver 3.0 full-upgrade" command?

No, you can now omit it; it will be used automatically. But you should still check what apt wants to do.

Are you sure about that?
Without --solver 3.0 packages should be removed, with --solver 3.0 not.

Does this need to be configured somewhere?

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Installation - Support / Re: Proper use of: "apt --solver 3.0 full-upgrade"

« Last post by onepiece on 2025/04/17, 20:11:00 »

scholle1

Thank you very much for helping me to understand the nuances of Siduction.  It's quite exhilarating for a beginner like me to use an advanced linux distribution AND more importantly have the expertise that people like you provide in order to use Siduction safely and productively.

Thank you again!

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Installation - Support / Re: Proper use of: "apt --solver 3.0 full-upgrade"

« Last post by scholle1 on 2025/04/17, 12:53:24 »

[...]Question - I understand the entire "apt" command universe is now...or soon will be on version "apt 3".  Has that change already taken place?

See "apt policy apt"

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apt policy apt
apt:
  Installiert:           3.0.0
  Installationskandidat: 3.0.0
  Versionstabelle:
 *** 3.0.0 500
        500 https://deb.debian.org/debian unstable/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

IF the change has taken place is it still recommended to use the "apt --solver 3.0 full-upgrade" command?

No, you can now omit it; it will be used automatically. But you should still check what apt wants to do.

BTW is  "apt --solver 3.0 full-upgrade" specific for use in Siduction ONLY . . . or to any Debian fork?

No. It was recommended by us if apt wants to do things that seem suspicious. For example remove a lot of packages.
According to DistroWatch, Siduction is the only rolling release and desktop-oriented distribution based on Debian Sid.
See above, apt (Debian) uses it automatically.

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Installation - Support / Proper use of: "apt --solver 3.0 full-upgrade"

« Last post by onepiece on 2025/04/17, 08:08:33 »

Hi Folks,

To solve a number of update/upgrade issues I had, months ago this forum advised me to use: 
"apt --solver 3.0 full-upgrade"   instead of "apt upgrade" 
when doing periodice updates/upgrades.  It's been GREAT advice as I almost never have a upgrade issues/crashes/conflicts now.

Question - I understand the entire "apt" command universe is now...or soon will be on version "apt 3".  Has that change already taken place?  IF the change has taken place is it still recommended to use the "apt --solver 3.0 full-upgrade" command?

BTW is  "apt --solver 3.0 full-upgrade" specific for use in Siduction ONLY . . . or to any Debian fork?

Thank you.

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Free Speech / Fedora or Siduction - KEY differences? Pros / Cons ?

« Last post by onepiece on 2025/04/17, 07:49:28 »

Have been using (and loving) Siduction since GIANTS was released.  Really feel like I'm getting the most modern and fairly stable sofftware with Siduction.

Mostly an academic question, but . . .
What does Fedora offer that makes it a worthy competitor with Siduction?  Both seem to be just a half a notch behind Arch Linux...   Which is a GREAT thing in my mind as I rarely have problems with Siduction.  Still, I'm curious how Fedora compares with Siduction from the point of view of someone who used/knows both well. 

Thank you.

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Software - Support / Re: update-alternatives --config x-cursor-theme ignoriert

« Last post by Pergola on 2025/04/15, 17:54:06 »

Irgendwie gab es den Ordner ~/.icons/default nicht. Ist jetzt gefixt, danke!

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Software - Support / Re: update-alternatives --config x-cursor-theme ignoriert

« Last post by hendrikL on 2025/04/15, 09:46:24 »

Möchte man, dass jener Zeiger/cursor auch in der Größe veränderlich ist (via systemsettings), so muss man entsprechende Datei nach ~/.icons kopieren und eine Textdatei namens index.theme dort anlegen.

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cp -rf  /usr/share/icons/redglass ~/.icons/redglass

echo -e "[Icon Theme]\nName = redglass\nComment = redglass cursor theme" > ~/.icons/redglass/index.theme

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ls -1 .icons/redglass/
cursors
index.theme

Edit, fixed typo

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Software - Support / Re: update-alternatives --config x-cursor-theme ignoriert

« Last post by hendrikL on 2025/04/15, 08:42:36 »

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System:
  Host: hhl-2 Kernel: 6.14.2-1-siduction-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.3.4 Distro: siduction 22.1.2 Masters_of_War -
    kde - (202303151559)

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~$ ln -s /etc/X11/cursors/redglass.theme ~/.icons/default/index.theme
~$ sudo nano ~/.icons/default/index.theme

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~$ cat ~/.icons/default/index.theme
[Icon Theme]
Name = redglass
Comment = Cursor theme redglass
Inherits = redglass
Gerade getestet, hier™ funktioniert es, habe roten Zeiger/cursor/pointer oder wie auch immer genannt.
Taucht dann auch in den "systemsettings" auf.

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Software - Support / Re: update-alternatives --config x-cursor-theme ignoriert

« Last post by Pergola on 2025/04/14, 21:23:20 »

Any idea...? In which folder should the redglass theme be found?