Benjamin Scott writes:
>
> Hey list,
>
> I've recently reinstalled Debian 5.0 "lenny" on my PC (after a
> unfortunate accident involving a package manager, a liquid lunch, and
> a pair of rubber bands). However, in the meantime, Debian has
> released "squeeze" as "stable". In the progress of
I hate apt-get stuff. I don't know what kernel you have. I assume you
probably
are not using the libre-fshoppe kernel or something since you are installing
proprietary software.
I want to say go back to a red hat (rpm) based distro. honestly, I completely
broke my gnewsense package manage
Is the source package available? If so, you could remove the errant
dependencies from the control file and rebuild the .deb.
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> I'm willing to bet those dependencies are just in the
> package control file because those were the libraries the
> auto-dependency-generator thing found when the package was built.
Probably, but I think it's likely you'll have to invoke dpkg directly
so as to be able to beg it to ignore those
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 7:04 PM, Ryan Stanyan wrote:
> Also, I think you can force apt to install a package by running apt-
> get -f install.
>
-f will fix stuff, like getting dependences from a failed dpkg -i and
finishing the install, but won't force an install of a package. I don't
know if a
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 7:05 PM, Jefferson Kirkland wrote:
> On the other hand, if you can do a wget of the .deb file for the app you
> want to install...
>
If you don't want to fish through the repos, you will likely find it in
/var/cache/apt/archives/
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I don't know that you actually can. Because of apt-get's nature as a
package manager, its whole job is to ensure that things work correctly and
that everything is installed that needs to be for the package you are
needing.
On the other hand, if you can do a wget of the .deb file for the app you
w
I am currently running the Flash 10.2 beta on my system right now.
I'm not sure how bleeding edge you want to get but this one has
hardware acceleration in it if your hardware supports it. I just grab
it from Adobe and put it in my plugins folder. Flash is still pretty
bad though.
Also,
Hey list,
Anyone know of a way to have apt-get (Debian) ignore dependencies
and download the frelling package anyway?
I've recently reinstalled Debian 5.0 "lenny" on my PC (after a
unfortunate accident involving a package manager, a liquid lunch, and
a pair of rubber bands). However, in the
