Thank you! I've managed to fixed the problem (I'm happy again).. --force-depends did the trick (I read something on the debianplanet), that pointed med in the right direction) , and I was able to reinstall XFree. But thanks for your reply, I did learn something new!
Eivind. On 2001.02.20 02:24:34 +0000 Martin Albert wrote: > On Monday 19 February 2001 10:21, Eivind Arnesen wrote: > > I was just beginning to feel comfortable with Debian, when my > > X configuration broke down. I tried to remove XFree and install it > > again, but there is too many dependency problems. It looks like the > > package database > > is really screwed up. Just about whatever I try to do, I get some > > complaints > > about broken dependecies. I think maybe some of the dependent files, > > Don't give up ;) It is clear that a lot of things depend on x-packages > when they run under X. > > As we don't know hear, what you mean by 'X configuration broke down', > we follow your way to install from scratch. > > I don't know how you get your package files. apt from the net - sri, > can't help. You have them stored locally - here we go: > > As always, have a backup ;) and rtfm: man dpkg; > > You can force dpkg to do sth. even when dependency problems would > normally not permit to do so. We assume you know what you're doing :) > I always try a command the normal way first, if dependancy-checks fail > and i know it's the right thing to do, than use --force-depends. > > To show what packages you have installed starting with x: > dpkg -l x\* > > now remove what you think is broken (try normal first, then, if you > have to): > > dpkg --force-depends -P package > > Now reinstall what is missing: > > dpkg --force-depends -i debfilename > > You can always check the state of your efforts > > apt-get check > > Hopefully the list of unmet dependancies is getting shorter over time > you do that. You can not use apt-get before all dependancies are ok. > > hth, martin >
