On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 17:53, Hans Fugal wrote: <snip> > # this builds the package and leaves a .deb in .. > # you can also specify -b or --compile in the previous step to kill two > # birds with one stone, if your ethics allow it. > cd gnucash-<tab>; dpkg-buildpackage >
I think the process is fairly similar in apt4rpm > I've never had to apply a patch or modify the source yet, but from the > docs it looks like it can be done without difficulty between steps two > and three. > > Recovering from a packaging error is probably less general since the > underlying databases are different. When a package fails to install and > apt complains I generally do apt-get remove package until I can resolve > the issue and try again. There's also an apt-get check which I have > never used. Perhaps the same applies to apt-rpm. There is an apt-get check which checks for any unmet dependencies. Here is what you can try: 1. uninstall the rpm(s) you used force on using rpm -e programname. if you don't remember the exact name, you can do rpm -qa | grep progname which will tell you the name. You don't need all the version numbers, just the name 2. apt-get check This should complete normally and say the db is fine 3. apt-get install gnucash I installed gnucash today on my Redhat 7.3 laptop, and it installed two packages: g-part and gnucash. Let us know how that goes > > -- > Hans Fugal | De gustibus non disputandum est. > http://hans.fugal.net/ | Debian, vim, mutt, ruby, text, gpg > http://gdmxml.fugal.net/ | WindowMaker, gaim, UTF-8, RISC, JS Bach > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > GnuPG Fingerprint: 6940 87C5 6610 567F 1E95 CB5E FC98 E8CD E0AA D460 > > ____________________ > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info: http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
