Re: .deb dependancy hell

From: David Z Maze (dmaze_at_debian.org)
Date: 01/28/04

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Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 14:01:08 -0500

    Richard Hoskins <rhos@adelphia.net> writes:

    > rich@lajoie:~$ sudo dpkg -r libgphoto2-2
    > dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of libgphoto2-2:
    > libgphoto2-port0 depends on libgphoto2-2.
    > rich@lajoie:~$ sudo dpkg -r libgphoto2-port0
    > dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of libgphoto2-port0:
    > libgphoto2-2 depends on libgphoto2-port0 (>= 2.1.4-1).

    Much as when installing mutually dependent packages using dpkg
    directly, give both package names on the command line:

      dpkg --remove libgphoto2-2 libgphoto2-port0

    > Kind of reminds me of RPM:

    dpkg-the-program is in fact very similar to rpm-the-program. Trying
    to manage a Debian system using only an FTP client and dpkg is
    shockingly like trying to maintain an RPM-based system. :-) Debian
    has a consistent policy for packages so they interoperate better, and
    higher-level tools like dselect and APT, which, combined with a
    unified package repository, make the system much more usable. 

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