On Sat, 19 Oct 2002, John Schmidt wrote:
> I compiled the kde 3.0.4 for my powerpc box based on Ralph Nolden's
> source files on the kde.org site. I installed them using dpkg -i *.deb
> selecting the debs I wanted. Now when I go and use aptitude to update
> my testing box, I get messages indicating that the kde files I just
> installed are slated to be removed. Now did I mess up by doing
> installations via dpkg -i instead of apt-get? If so, is there any way
> to fix this or do I need to move all the debs to
> /var/cache/apt/archives and use a apt-get install?
I don't know about aptitude but I'm pretty sure you can find out by
looking at the explanation of apt/aptitude (maybe using some options that
give you more info). I know that dselect will tell you why it wants to
remove things.
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