Re: How to deal with package broken dependencies
On Sun, Dec 22, 2002 at 09:45:32AM -0800, Bill Moseley wrote: > I had also install Aspell 0.50.3 from source -- I have some code that > depends on the New Aspell. [snip] > That on is probably my fault due to installing the New Aspell from source, > but I'm not sure. apt-get install equivs and generate a fake package that Provide:'s the aspell stuff you've installed. > Is this just a fact of life when using packages that may have conflicting > dependencies? > > Can the package system tell me more about these packages, like when they > were installed (or removed) and what caused that to happen? Neither apt nor dpkg actually logs what it does, unfortunately. aptitude does, which is one of the reasons I use it for all my package management needs. -rob msg20644/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
How to deal with package broken dependencies
I installed kdebase-libs today to get Kmail working. It seems to have broken a few things, so I'm wonder how best to deal with it. First, I had gkrellm2 installed. Now dpkg shows: rc gkrellm1.2.12-2 Multiple stacked system monitors: 1 process. rc gkrellm2 2.0.3-1Multiple stacked system monitors: 1 process. I'm not sure what happened here. I don't ever remember requesting gkrellm (version 1) and I sure didn't ask either to be removed -- perhaps it was removed on a installation conflict that I missed? I had also install Aspell 0.50.3 from source -- I have some code that depends on the New Aspell. Now I see this in dpkg rc libaspell100.33.7.1-8 The aspell spell checker runtime libraries. ii libpspell4 0.12.2-6 Portable spell checker interface library That on is probably my fault due to installing the New Aspell from source, but I'm not sure. Is this just a fact of life when using packages that may have conflicting dependencies? Can the package system tell me more about these packages, like when they were installed (or removed) and what caused that to happen? Thanks, -- Bill Moseley [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
