On Tue, 26 Nov 1996, Edward Urenda wrote: > I had installed the cpp package in lieu of installing gcc. I find myself > getting more into programming and will require gcc. > > I have tried to avoid using deseled, opting to choose dpkg -i instead. > How can I remove cpp without breaking any dependencies and replace it with > gcc, since the two cannot coexist. > You can do this one of two ways (There may actually be more ways than this):
dpkg -i --force-conflicts /path-to-package/gcc*.deb dpkg --purge cpp or dpkg --purge --force-depends cpp dpkg -i /path-to-package/gcc*.deb Hope this helps, Dwarf ------------ -------------- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 877-0257 Flexible Software Fax: NONE Black Creek Critters e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------ If you don't see what you want, just ask -------------- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]