Cleaning up the directory accidentally deleted the package

[yanfei]

Hello everyone, I have been using PMG, from the early 6.X version to 7.X, and now to 8.1.4. I found that the boot directory has been increasing with the upgrade of the core version. In order to clean up the boot directory, I executed the sudo apt-get autoremove --purge command. Now it seems that PMG functions normally. By checking the log, I found that in addition to the core, the following packages were also cleaned up. Are these packages still useful? I reinstalled bsdmainutils and libevent-2.1-7. Other packages cannot be installed. It should be that they are not in the current subscription library.
Removing bsdmainutils (12.1.8) ...
Removing libbpf0:amd64 (1:0.3-2) ...
Removing libcbor0:amd64 (0.5.0+dfsg-2) ...
Removing libdns-export1110 (1:9.11.19+dfsg-2.1) ...
Removing libevent-2.1-7:amd64 (2.1.12-stable-8) ...
Removing libicu67:amd64 (67.1-7) ...
Removing libisc-export1105:amd64 (1:9.11.19+dfsg-2.1) ...
Removing libllvm11:amd64 (1:11.0.1-2) ...
Removing python3.9 (3.9.2-1) ...
Removing libpython3.9:amd64 (3.9.2-1) ...
Removing libpython3.9-stdlib:amd64 (3.9.2-1) ...
Removing libmpdec3:amd64 (2.5.1-1) ...
Removing libperl5.32:amd64 (5.32.1-4+deb11u2) ...
Removing libpoppler102:amd64 (20.09.0-3.1+deb11u1) ...
Removing libprocps8:amd64 (2:3.3.17-5) ...
Removing python3-talloc:amd64 (2.4.0-f2) ...
Removing python3-ldb (2:2.6.2+samba4.17.12+dfsg-0+deb12u1) ...
Removing libpython3.11:amd64 (3.11.2-6+deb12u3) ..
Removing python3.9-minimal (3.9.2-1) ...
Unlinking and removing bytecode for runtime python3.9
Removing libpython3.9-minimal:amd64 (3.9.2-1) ...
Removing libstrictures-perl (2.000006-1) ...
Removing libtesseract4:amd64 (4.1.1-2.1) ...
Removing libtiff5:amd64 (4.2.0-1+deb11u4) ...
Removing libwebp6:amd64 (0.6.1-2.1+deb11u1) ...
Removing libzpool4linux (2.0.5-pve1) ...
Removing perl-modules-5.32 (5.32.1-4+deb11u2) ...

 

[Stoiko Ivanov]

Other packages cannot be installed. I

How is this meant - if you cannot install software with `apt install <package>` please post the output of the errors you're seeing

else - `apt autoremove` is in general a not destructive operation (of course you should check the output and make sure nothing gets removed that is still needed!) - and the part of the output you shared could simply point to packages from old major versions (PMG 6, 7) that have been replaced with newer versions being removed

 

[yanfei]

How is this meant - if you cannot install software with `apt install <package>` please post the output of the errors you're seeing

else - `apt autoremove` is in general a not destructive operation (of course you should check the output and make sure nothing gets removed that is still needed!) - and the part of the output you shared could simply point to packages from old major versions (PMG 6, 7) that have been replaced with newer versions being removed

When I found that these packages were deleted together, I tried to reinstall them. Except for bsdmainutils and libevent-2.1-7, other packages reported errors when they were installed. The errors are as follows. I just want to know whether these packages have been replaced by new versions or other packages in the current version.
Of course, I also manually compared them. New versions of libtesseract4, libtiff5, libwebp6, and libzpool4linux have been installed.
E: Unable to locate package libbpf0
E: Unable to locate package libcbor0
E: Unable to locate package libdns-export1110
E: Unable to locate package libicu67
E: Unable to locate package libisc-export1105
E: Unable to locate package libllvm11
E: Unable to locate package python3.9
E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'python3.9'
E: Unable to locate package libpython3.9
E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'libpython3.9'
E: Unable to locate package libpython3.9-stdlib
E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'libpython3.9-stdlib'
E: Unable to locate package libmpdec3
E: Unable to locate package libperl5.32
E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'libperl5.32'
E: Unable to locate package libpoppler102
E: Unable to locate package libprocps8
E: Unable to locate package perl-modules-5.32
E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'perl-modules-5.32'

 

[Stoiko Ivanov]

usually the output of `pmgversion -v` should provide an overview if things are installed correctly.
if additionally `apt update; apt full-upgrade` don't yield any errors I'd say everything is ok...

please post terminal output as text in code-tags instead of screenshot - it's much easier to read and quote.

 

[yanfei]

usually the output of `pmgversion -v` should provide an overview if things are installed correctly.
if additionally `apt update; apt full-upgrade` don't yield any errors I'd say everything is ok...

please post terminal output as text in code-tags instead of screenshot - it's much easier to read and quote.

Ok, that all looks perfect! Thanks for your answer.
:~/Emai# pmgversion -v
proxmox-mailgateway: 8.1.0 (API: 8.1.4/600fe361757a, running kernel: 6.8.12-3-pve)
pmg-api: 8.1.4
pmg-gui: 4.1.1
proxmox-kernel-helper: 8.1.0
proxmox-kernel-6.8: 6.8.12-3
proxmox-kernel-6.8.12-3-pve-signed: 6.8.12-3
proxmox-kernel-6.8.12-2-pve-signed: 6.8.12-2
proxmox-kernel-6.5.13-6-pve-signed: 6.5.13-6
proxmox-kernel-6.5: 6.5.13-6
pve-kernel-5.4: 6.4-5
pve-kernel-5.13.19-2-pve: 5.13.19-4
pve-kernel-5.4.128-1-pve: 5.4.128-1
pve-kernel-5.4.73-1-pve: 5.4.73-1
clamav-daemon: 1.0.5+dfsg-1~deb12u1
ifupdown: 0.8.41
libarchive-perl: 3.6.2
libjs-extjs: 7.0.0-4
libjs-framework7: 4.4.7-2
libproxmox-acme-perl: 1.5.1
libproxmox-acme-plugins: 1.5.1
libpve-apiclient-perl: 3.3.2
libpve-common-perl: 8.2.5
libpve-http-server-perl: 5.1.2
libxdgmime-perl: 1.1.0
lvm2: 2.03.16-2
pmg-docs: 8.1.1
pmg-i18n: 3.2.4
pmg-log-tracker: 2.5.0
proxmox-mini-journalreader: 1.4.0
proxmox-offline-mirror-helper: 0.6.7
proxmox-spamassassin: 4.0.1-1
proxmox-widget-toolkit: 4.2.4
pve-firmware: 3.14-1
pve-xtermjs: 5.3.0-3
zfsutils-linux: 2.2.6-pve1
~/Emai# apt update
Hit:1 http://ftp.debian.org/debian bookworm InRelease
Get:2 http://ftp.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates InRelease [55.4 kB]
Hit:3 http://download.proxmox.com/debian/pmg bookworm InRelease
Hit:4 http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security InRelease
Fetched 55.4 kB in 2s (31.0 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
All packages are up to date.
:~/Emai# apt full-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.