On Wed, Oct 16, 2002 at 12:59:15AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > okay,fix that later..started checking out the packages I installed and > noticed that some of the dependencies were connected by > convienience,rather than true dependencies,e.g. KDE in no way depends > on koffice,how that got in,I have no clue,
The 'kde' package is a metapackage which installs a big chunk of KDE for convenience. If the metapackage isn't for you, remove it, install individual components, and be happy. > installed kde from rpm without it,etc. Do NOT EVER use 'rpm' to install packages on Debian. It'll break. > Oh,well,lets remove that problem...read much much much documentation > on dpkg and apt-get, okay remove packages not needed.Hey > look,linuxlogo...maybe that'll spruce up the boot process...wait a minute,I > now need to run apt-get -f because these packages I removed wont let me > progess with my new package installs. Yup, you forced it and it broke. Don't force it. The 'rpm --force --nodeps' mindset is dead and you need to forget about it with Debian; one of the reasons we take so long about releases is eradicating the need for that sort of thing. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
