On 19 Jan 2002 21:51:45 +0100, johan boeckx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have problems with apt-get, namely he blocks the dist-upgrade since > some packets show independencies. The independencies occurs around > evolution, namely unmet dependencies with libgal 18. From some reason he > alway wants to install libgal 18, with message "trying to overwrite > `/usr/share/gal/html/gal-api.sgml', which is also in package libgal19". > So in fact I don't need libgal 18, with consequence that this package > blocks everything. The same happens with libaspell10 : " trying to > overwrite `/usr/share/aspell/english.dat', which is also in package > libaspell4" : also here there is already installed a later version, but > still he tries to install it. So what I want, is that these two packages > are eliminated from my apt-get list. But how ? The two files are in > dependency with evolution.
Try: $ dpkg --purge --force-depends libgal18 libaspell4 $ apt-get dist-upgrade Apparently, libgal and libaspell don't "replace" older versions, leading to the "overwrite problem". -- Eric G. Miller <egm2@jps.net>