I had a fresh install of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64-bit. After a month or so i updated the packages (apt-get upgrade -y). All packages suceed except for tzdata. This one has been kept pack.
As i tried to upgrade it manually (apt-get install tzdata), I've seen that it needs to remove 221 packages to upgrade. The packages which will be removed are some standard system libs as far as i understand. If I upgrade, will the system be crashed
sudo apt-get install tzdata
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
bluez-alsa:i386 glib-networking:i386 gstreamer0.10-plugins-base:i386
gstreamer0.10-plugins-good:i386 gtk2-engines:i386 gtk2-engines-murrine:i386
gtk2-engines-oxygen:i386 gtk2-engines-pixbuf:i386 gvfs:i386 gvfs-libs:i386
ia32-libs ia32-libs-multiarch:i386 ibus-gtk:i386 libaa1:i386 libacl1:i386
libao4:i386 libasn1-8-heimdal:i386 libasound2:i386 libasound2-plugins:i386
libasyncns0:i386 libatk1.0-0:i386 libattr1:i386 libaudio2:i386
libaudiofile1:i386 libavahi-client3:i386 libavahi-common3:i386
libavc1394-0:i386 libbz2-1.0:i386 libc6:i386 libcaca0:i386
libcairo-gobject2:i386 libcairo2:i386 libcanberra-gtk-module:i386
libcanberra-gtk0:i386 libcanberra0:i386 libcap2:i386 libcapi20-3:i386
libcdparanoia0:i386 libcomerr2:i386 libcroco3:i386 libcups2:i386
libcupsimage2:i386 libcurl3:i386 libdatrie1:i386 libdb5.1:i386
libdbus-1-3:i386 libdbus-glib-1-2:i386 libdrm2:i386 libdv4:i386 libesd0:i386
libexif12:i386 libexpat1:i386 libffi6:i386 libflac8:i386 libfontconfig1:i386
libfreetype6:i386 libgail-common:i386 libgail18:i386 libgcc1:i386
libgconf-2-4:i386 libgcrypt11:i386 libgd2-xpm:i386 libgdbm3:i386
libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0:i386 libgettextpo0:i386 libgl1-mesa-glx:i386
libglapi-mesa:i386 libglib2.0-0:i386 libglu1-mesa:i386
libgnome-keyring0:i386 libgnutls26:i386 libgomp1:i386 libgpg-error0:i386
libgphoto2-2:i386 libgphoto2-port0:i386 libgpm2:i386 libgssapi-krb5-2:i386
libgssapi3-heimdal:i386 libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0:i386
libgstreamer0.10-0:i386 libgtk2.0-0:i386 libgudev-1.0-0:i386
libhcrypto4-heimdal:i386 libheimbase1-heimdal:i386 libheimntlm0-heimdal:i386
libhx509-5-heimdal:i386 libibus-1.0-0:i386 libice6:i386 libidn11:i386
libiec61883-0:i386 libieee1284-3:i386 libjack-jackd2-0:i386 libjasper1:i386
libjpeg-turbo8:i386 libjpeg8:i386 libjson0:i386 libk5crypto3:i386
libkeyutils1:i386 libkrb5-26-heimdal:i386 libkrb5-3:i386
libkrb5support0:i386 liblcms1:i386 libldap-2.4-2:i386 libltdl7:i386
libmad0:i386 libmikmod2:i386 libmng1:i386 libmpg123-0:i386 libncurses5:i386
libncursesw5:i386 libnspr4:i386 libnss3:i386 libodbc1:i386 libogg0:i386
libopenal1:i386 liborc-0.4-0:i386 libp11-kit0:i386 libpango1.0-0:i386
libpcre3:i386 libpixman-1-0:i386 libpng12-0:i386 libproxy1:i386
libpulse-mainloop-glib0:i386 libpulse0:i386 libpulsedsp:i386
libqt4-dbus:i386 libqt4-declarative:i386 libqt4-designer:i386
libqt4-network:i386 libqt4-opengl:i386 libqt4-qt3support:i386
libqt4-script:i386 libqt4-scripttools:i386 libqt4-sql:i386 libqt4-svg:i386
libqt4-test:i386 libqt4-xml:i386 libqt4-xmlpatterns:i386 libqtcore4:i386
libqtgui4:i386 libqtwebkit4:i386 libraw1394-11:i386 libroken18-heimdal:i386
librsvg2-2:i386 librsvg2-common:i386 librtmp0:i386 libsamplerate0:i386
libsane:i386 libsasl2-2:i386 libsdl-image1.2:i386 libsdl-mixer1.2:i386
libsdl-net1.2:i386 libsdl-ttf2.0-0:i386 libsdl1.2debian:i386
libselinux1:i386 libshout3:i386 libslang2:i386 libsm6:i386 libsndfile1:i386
libsoup-gnome2.4-1:i386 libsoup2.4-1:i386 libspeex1:i386 libspeexdsp1:i386
libsqlite3-0:i386 libssl0.9.8:i386 libssl1.0.0:i386 libstdc++5:i386
libstdc++6:i386 libtag1-vanilla:i386 libtag1c2a:i386 libtasn1-3:i386
libtdb1:i386 libthai0:i386 libtheora0:i386 libtiff4:i386 libtinfo5:i386
libudev0:i386 libunistring0:i386 libusb-0.1-4:i386 libuuid1:i386
libv4l-0:i386 libv4lconvert0:i386 libvisual-0.4-0:i386 libvorbis0a:i386
libvorbisenc2:i386 libvorbisfile3:i386 libwavpack1:i386
libwind0-heimdal:i386 libwrap0:i386 libx11-6:i386 libx11-xcb1:i386
libxau6:i386 libxaw7:i386 libxcb-glx0:i386 libxcb-render0:i386
libxcb-shm0:i386 libxcb1:i386 libxcomposite1:i386 libxcursor1:i386
libxdamage1:i386 libxdmcp6:i386 libxext6:i386 libxfixes3:i386 libxft2:i386
libxi6:i386 libxinerama1:i386 libxml2:i386 libxmu6:i386 libxp6:i386
libxpm4:i386 libxrandr2:i386 libxrender1:i386 libxslt1.1:i386 libxss1:i386
libxt6:i386 libxtst6:i386 libxv1:i386 libxxf86vm1:i386 odbcinst1debian2:i386
xaw3dg:i386 zlib1g:i386
The following packages will be upgraded:
tzdata
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 221 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Please, give me some hints if I should upgrade or why this comes?
i386(i.e. 32-bit) packages. Probably they are going to be removed just because you don't need them. The answer is before the lineThe following packages will be REMOVED, please paste the whole output. Thanks! – Andrea Corbellini Jan 31 at 11:01-yoption with apt-get. For future large upgrades, please consider using justsudo apt-get upgrade— or, for a new installation, you may needsudo apt-get dist-upgrade(this does not upgrade your distribution, even though the name implies it). – Paddy Landau Jan 31 at 11:44