Hey Kevin,
Thank you very much, that almost got it. But it pointed me in the right
direction.
When I ran it, I got and error: (I wonder if this is a bug?)
# dpkg --install -force-confmiss xlibs_4.3.0.dfsg.1-14_all.deb
dpkg: conflicting actions --field and --instal
After checking more in the man, I ran
# dpkg --install -force-all xlibs_4.3.0.dfsg.1-14_all.deb
Which took care of my confs.
Thanks again,
Lance
From: "Kevin B. McCarty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Help/Question: Can't get xlibs package to install all of it's
files
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 14:17:01 -0400
Lance Rushing wrote:
> I'm trying to get /etc/X11/xkb/symbols/altwin (an other files) to
install
> from the xlibs package. If I:
>
> # dpkg --contents xlibs_4.3.0.dfsg.1-14_all.deb
>
> I get of list of the contents and it shows the files I am interested in.
> But if I:
>
> # dpkg --install xlibs_4.3.0.dfsg.1-14_all.deb
>
> the files don't get installed. I've extracted the files and the
controls
> from this package to check if there is a preinst script or something.
But
> there are none. The only control files are: 'conffiles', 'list', and
> 'md5sums'.
Hi Lance,
This is probably because most files under /etc are "conffiles", and dpkg
will not install a missing conffile by default if you reinstall an
already-existing package. (It assumes that if you previously deleted
the conffile, you must have done it for a good reason.)
The --force-confmiss option to dpkg will probably do what you want:
dpkg --force-confmiss --install xlibs_4.3.0.dfsg.1-14_all.deb
regards,
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