On Sat, Jan 19, 2002 at 02:52:42PM -0500, Scott Henson wrote: > On Sat, 2002-01-19 at 14:10, johan boeckx 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. > > Well Im not totally sure, but you could try figureing out what packages > depend on libgal 18 and libaspell110. Get the .debs from the archives. > Then pull a dpkg -force-depends-version
Ugh! No, don't ever do that. Just find each problematic .deb in /var/cache/apt/archives and install it with 'dpkg -i --force-overwrite'. > I also remember something about divert. I am looking for it, but if > my memory serves me, it lets you tell dpkg not to overwrite a certain > file but instead rename it to another. That's dpkg-divert, and is intended for a slightly different situation. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]