Re: Howto force APT to ignore deps

Dan Andersson wrote:
>
> 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".
>
How can I install a package with the erase flag?...Moreover I want to avoid
the dep check that APT runs before every task, not to install a package
without deps

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

I'll give smart a try

> Cheers
>
> Dan

Thanks anyway :-)



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