On 25-01-17 16:58, Hendrik Boom wrote:
>
> So uninstalling and purging aptitude's configuration looks viable. As long as it
> doesn't do nasties like uninstalling grub and wicd, which it was threatening to do
> a while ago.
>
> But I might first create myself an up-to-date bootable USB installation stick just
> in case.
>
> Yes, I got myself into an ugly mess.
>
> -- hendrik
>
Before doing any purging try:

aptitude search '~i !~M' -F %p >package.list

and save the package.list. Just in case.

Grtz.

Nick