On Thu, 12 Feb 1998, Oliver Elphick wrote: > "David Z. Maze" wrote: > > > >Richard Sevenich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >RS> I would like to install a software package that requires > >RS> xlib6g. dpkg is loathe to install xlib6g with xlib6 already > >RS> installed. Can I safely remove xlib6 i.e. will packages depending > >RS> on xlib6 accept xlib6g ... or? ... > > > >If you install the xlib6 from hamm, xlib6g should install fine. > >xlib6g is the glibc version of the X libraries, and libc5 programs > >won't run without the xlib6 package. > > Upgrading to glibc (libc6) is not that simple. It is a fundamental > change which affects a lot of other things. Especially, don't force > anything or you may end up with an unuasable system.
But is this the correct thing to do once you have already (apparently succesfully) followed the instructions in the howto? I also have a package which depends on xlib6g, which I hesitate to install in case it breaks the other packages that I need. I couldn't find an 'xlib6' package anywhere in the hamm directory, including the oldlibs directory. Any information on how to do this would be greatly appreciated, as I need spice3 for one of my classes, and running it remotely over ppp gets old very fast. > > Look at: > http://www.debian.org/doc/libc5-libc6-Mini-HOWTO/libc5-libc6-Mini-HOWTO.html > > and > > http://www.debian.org/devel/autoup.sh > > -- > Oliver Elphick [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Isle of Wight http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver > > PGP key from public servers; key ID 32B8FAA1 > > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .