Sunday 24 September 2017 07:55:26 pm D. R. Evans wrote:
> Greg Madden wrote on 09/24/2017 07:42 PM:
> > On Sunday 24 September 2017 05:20:54 pm D. R. Evans wrote:
> >> So:
> >>
> >> 1. Looking at the packages that will be removed, will I still be able to
> >> run virtualbox if virtualbox-dkms is removed? [I think that the answer
> >> is yes, but I would like some assurance from someone who is more certain
> >> than am I.]
> >>
> >> 2. And then what about desktop-base? The version that is currently
> >> installed is from the official debian stable repository, so I don't
> >> think that I should be removing it. So what should I do about this
> >> conflict?
> >>
> >>   Doc
> >
> > If you are using Debian, upgrading to Stretch, the following apply.
> >
> > Virtualbox is no longer in Stretch,  if you use Vbox you issues are
> > larger.You
>
> Yes; I already added the oracle package yesterday, and it appears to be
> working fine.
>
> I *think* that virtualbox-dkms is used only when vb is being installed, so
> it should be safe to remove it; but I'm not absolutely certain.
>
> > desktop-base-trinity replaces the Debian desktop-base
>
> OK; so I should let aptitude do what it wants to do, which is to remove the
> debian desktop-base, right?
>
> One more question as a follow-on to this: when TDE is installed, is it
> still possible to run KDE despite the fact that the debian desktiop-base is
> no longer in place? (Just in case some program doesn't work on TDE and I
> have to go back to KDE temporarily.)
>
>   Doc

Only one Desktop base can be installed at a time.  

FYI, I run lots of different apps on my TDE, all work.

greg