Forrest English <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i want to isntall imagemagick on my server for use with some scripts i > have for thumbnail gallerys. but... there's no way i want x on that > system. besides forcing each package i want besides x, is there a way for > the system to stop paying attention to x dependancies, or to fake it out > somehow?
,---- | Package: equivs | Priority: extra | Section: admin | Installed-Size: 50 | Maintainer: Martin Bialasinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Architecture: all | Version: 2.0.2 | Depends: perl | perl5, debhelper, dpkg-dev, devscripts, make, fakeroot | Filename: dists/sid/main/binary-i386/admin/equivs_2.0.2.deb | Size: 17394 | MD5sum: 0c84d50f864ea181738fc1b496b6fb20 | Description: Circumventing Debian package dependencies | This is a dummy package which can be used to create Debian | packages, which only contain dependency information. | . | This way, you can make the Debian package management | system believe that equivalents to packages on which other | packages do depend on are actually installed. | . | Another possibility is creation of a meta package. When this | package contains a dependency as "Depends: a, b, c", then | installing this package will also select packages a, b and c. | Instead of "Depends", you can also use "Recommends:" or | "Suggests:" for less demanding dependency. | . | Please note that this is a crude hack and if thoughtlessly used | might possibly do damage to your packaging system. And please | note as well that using it is not the recommended way of dealing | with broken dependencies. Better file a bug report instead. `---- -- Thomas Weinbrenner
