Re: Howto force APT to ignore deps

Luxman wrote:

> Is it possible to force APT to ignore deps for a specific package?
> I found this hint
>
>>>>>>QUOTE
> There's a hack which allows that. But before telling you the trick [...]
>
> Ok.. if you have a strong heart, and are still reading, the trick is an
>>option in apt.conf:
>
> RPM
> {
> Fake-Provides { "foo"; "bar 1.2"; };
> }
>
> This will "provide" the dependencies "foo" and "bar" version 1.2.
> You've been warned! :-)
>>>>>>>>>>>>END QUOTE
>
> but it didn't work for me.
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks ;-)


If you really(!) want to use APT.

Download your apt package "apt-get -d install xxxxxx"
The package is found in /var/cache/apt/archive.

Pick it it and install it with "rpm -e xxxxxxx.rpm".

But I suggest you drop APT. Use "smart" instead as APT is supposedly going
to be phased out and replaced by smart.

Cheers

Dan


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