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Re: Problem updating to Buster - gparted effectively MIA

From	Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Problem updating to Buster - gparted effectively MIA
Date	2018-10-07 22:00 +0200
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On 10/07/2018 02:33 PM, Dominic Knight wrote:
> On Sun, 2018-10-07 at 19:23 +0100, Brian wrote:
>> On Sun 07 Oct 2018 at 15:33:09 +0100, Brian wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun 07 Oct 2018 at 08:14:05 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
>>>
>>>> It was recommended that I update to Buster.
>>>> I started with Debian 9.1.0 installed from purchased DVD1.
>>>> [MATE desktop]
>>>> I edited sources.list to access online repository.
>>>> I then followed the instructions at
>>>> [linuxconfig.org/how-to-upgrade-debian-9-stretch-to-debian-10-
>>>> buster]
>>>> as it had everything conveniently shown.
>>>>
>>>> Everything appeared to go normally up to a point well into the
>>>> actual
>>>> downloading of the Buster packages. I temporarily lost my
>>>> internet
>>>> connection. After reconnecting apt-get gave an error message
>>>> suggesting I
>>>> use "--fix-missing" IIRC.
>>>>
>>>> It appeared to work and boot correctly.
>>>>
>>>> However Gparted no longer appears in the System->Administration
>>>> menu
>>>> although Synaptic shows it as installed. I blindly chose to tell
>>>> Synaptic to
>>>> reinstall it.
>>>>
>>>> I installed stretch to another partition which I'm using now.
>>>> Is the Buster install repairable?
>>>
>>> Does gparted run from a terminal?
>>
>> It does?
>>
>> A missing menu entry is hardly a show-stopper.
>>
> It moved in Buster (Mate version of GUI) from system->admin to
> Applications->system tools.
> Try there.
> 

It is there and it launches.
As to "does it run from terminal", I was treating its absence as a 
_symptom_ not a "show stopper". As a graduate of Hard Knock, I thought 
it unwise to attempt forcing it to run without cause.

When I've had some sleep I will follow follow the routine Reco suggested.

Thread

Problem updating to Buster - gparted effectively MIA Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-10-07 15:20 +0200
  Re: Problem updating to Buster - gparted effectively MIA Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2018-10-07 16:00 +0200
    Re: Problem updating to Buster - gparted effectively MIA Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-10-07 16:20 +0200
      Re: Problem updating to Buster - gparted effectively MIA Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2018-10-07 16:30 +0200
        Re: Problem updating to Buster - gparted effectively MIA Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-10-08 15:50 +0200
          Re: Problem updating to Buster - gparted effectively MIA Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2018-10-08 17:50 +0200
            Re: Problem updating to Buster - gparted effectively MIA Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-10-08 22:30 +0200
              Re: Problem updating to Buster - gparted effectively MIA Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2018-10-08 22:50 +0200
            Re: Problem updating to Buster - gparted effectively MIA Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-10-09 17:20 +0200
              Re: Problem updating to Buster - gparted effectively MIA Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-10-09 18:30 +0200
      Re: Problem updating to Buster - gparted effectively MIA Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-10-07 17:10 +0200
  Re: Problem updating to Buster - gparted effectively MIA Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-10-07 16:40 +0200
    Re: Problem updating to Buster - gparted effectively MIA Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-10-07 20:30 +0200
      Re: Problem updating to Buster - gparted effectively MIA mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2018-10-07 20:50 +0200
        Re: Problem updating to Buster - gparted effectively MIA Linux-Fan <Ma_Sys.ma@web.de> - 2018-10-07 21:20 +0200
          Re: Problem updating to Buster - gparted effectively MIA Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2018-10-07 22:00 +0200
          Re: Problem updating to Buster - gparted effectively MIA mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2018-10-07 23:10 +0200
      Re: Problem updating to Buster - gparted effectively MIA Dominic Knight <dominicknight@gmx.com> - 2018-10-07 21:40 +0200
        Re: Problem updating to Buster - gparted effectively MIA Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-10-07 22:00 +0200
          Re: Problem updating to Buster - gparted effectively MIA Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-10-08 00:00 +0200

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