Hendrik Sattler wrote: > Am Freitag, 8. Juli 2005 06:18 schrieb Gayle Lee Fairless: >> Gcomm:/home/gayle/drivers/hplip# dpkg --force-conflicts -i hplip*.deb >> >> I found out that I had to force it. > > Actually, the "force-conflicts" was the wrong way :-( > It's easier and cleaner to edit the debian/control file and remove the > faulty conflict. If not, some tools (aptitude?) might automatically remove > one of them.
Easier? In the first case, you use dpkg (I always use --force-all, since by this point you know there are no other errors - and I can never remember which "force" option it is) and cut and paste the .deb name from the error in apt-get/aptitude. In the latter, you have to edit a control file (correctly). I'm sure it's cleaner, but I've never yet encountered a situation where simply forcing a conflict didn't work. -- derek -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
