slapt-get [RESOLVED]

[flip city]

Hi to all,

 something went terribly wrong while in gslapt. was trying to remove openssh and 2 other related packages, after hitting execute it began to remove 240 packages !! WHOA !! I was unable to stop the process normally, so I quickly restarted my pc. Fortunately I don't think too many packages were removed. the last one I noticed was abiword. so now I cannot start gslapt or Vector control center, from the desktop icons. Is there a command using slapt-get that would show the recently removed packages so I can reinstall them ? OR is there something else I should be doing ?

[stretchedthin]

I duplicated your attempt to remove openssh, just long enough to get a snapshot of what it was planning to remove.  Let's hope it was working in order and you can try reinstalling with slapt-get the packages from the top down. (see attached picture)

[nightflier]

Check the file /var/log/pkgtools

[flip city]

here's the damage control report from /var/log/pkgtools :
2010-01-28 01:17:55 Removed: kssh-0.7-i586-1vl60
2010-01-28 01:17:57 Removed: openssh-5.1p1-i486-1_slack12.1
2010-01-28 01:18:01 Removed: openssl-0.9.8h-i486-3_slack12.1
2010-01-28 01:18:04 Removed: GConf-2.22.0-i586-2gsb
2010-01-28 01:18:06 Removed: abiword-plugins-2.6.6-i586-2vl60
2010-01-28 01:18:08 Removed: abiword-2.6.6-i586-2vl60
2010-01-28 01:18:11 Removed: bluefish-1.0.7-i586-2gsb
2010-01-28 01:18:15 Removed: eel-2.22.1-i586-1gsb

as you can see only 20 seconds elapsed.
thank you both and will hopefully post a good report soon.
pays not to get drifty when attempting such a procedure.
sure glad I'm not alone and got a little help from me friends !

[flip city]

 Reinstalled the removed packages using (as root) slapt-get --install [name of removed package]. All went well and back to hack !!

[GrannyGeek]

Your experience illustrates why some of us suggest not using gslapt or slapt-get for removing packages. Attempting to remove one may take out a bunch of others and destroy your system.

It's safer to use
removepkg nameofpackage

which will remove just the one you want to remove and leave its relatives and dependencies alone.
--GrannyGeek