On Fri, 8 Jul 2005, Derek Broughton wrote: > 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. >
Now that I think about it, maybe the command installed the already downloaded package instead of the one I compiled! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
