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On a box I administrate, I want to run analog. Analog "Depends: libgd1" to draw graphs: ===== $ apt-cache show analog |grep Depends Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.4-4), libgd1 (>= 1.8.4-7), libjpeg62, libpcre3, libpng2 (>= 1.0.12), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.3), perl5 ===== However, I don't want to install the X packages that libgd1 requires. No problem, because the maintainer has thoughtfully provided libgd1-noxpm for exactly this purpose: ===== $ dpkg -s libgd1-noxpm Package: libgd1-noxpm Status: install ok installed Priority: optional Section: libs Installed-Size: 404 Maintainer: Jonas Smedegaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Source: libgd Version: 1.8.4-16 Replaces: libgd1g Provides: libgd1g, libgd1 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.4-4), libfreetype6, libjpeg62, libpng2 (>= 1.0.12), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4) Conflicts: libgd1g, libgd1 Description: GD Graphics Library (without XPM support). GD is a graphics library. It allows your code to quickly draw images complete with lines, arcs, text, multiple colours, cut and paste from other images, flood fills, and write out the result as a PNG file. This is particularly useful in World Wide Web applications, where PNG is one of the formats accepted for inline images by most browsers. . This is the runtime package of the library built without XPM support. ===== So, if I've installed libgd1-noxpm, which "Provides: libgd1", at version 1.8.4-16, that satisfies analog's dependency on "libgd1 (>= 1.8.4-7)". Right? Wrong: ===== $ sudo dpkg -i /usr/local/packages/analog_5.22-1_i386.deb Selecting previously deselected package analog. (Reading database ... 17855 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking analog (from .../analog_5.22-1_i386.deb) ... dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of analog: analog depends on libgd1 (>= 1.8.4-7); however: Package libgd1 is not installed. dpkg: error processing analog (--install): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: analog ===== What the heck is going on here? Why is dpkg apparently ignoring the "Provides:" data? Does apt use the "Provides" and "Depends" metadata as I expect, or is something whacky going on? -- \ "Those are my principles. If you don't like them I have | `\ others." -- Groucho Marx | _o__) | [EMAIL PROTECTED] F'print 9CFE12B0 791A4267 887F520C B7AC2E51 BD41714B -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
