Hey, thanks a bunch, Dwayne.
equivs was exactly the sort of solution I hoped
existed. I knew Debian had a rational fix
for this but had never used equivs before.
First I had to uninstall lgtoclnt so that apt-get
would let me do things.
Then I installed equivs: apt-get install equivs
Then I build a simple controlfile:
====================================
# cat xlibs.ctl
Section: X11
Package: xlibs
Version: 4.1.1
Provides: xlibs
Description: Xlibs dummy package
This package provides dpkg with the information that
there is a xlibs package installed.
.
Now installing lgtoclnt will not push for X support
====================================
Then I build a dummy package: equivs-build xlibs.ctl
And finally: dpkg -i xlibs_4.1.1_all.deb
dpkg -i lgtoclnt_6.1-2_i386.deb
dpkg -l shows that the package is not real:
# dpkg -l | grep xlib
ii xlibs 4.1.1 Xlibs dummy package
--Donald Teed
On 8/19/06, Dwayne C. Litzenberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The --patch option for alien might also help you build a lgtoclnt package
that doesn't include the X clients.
Alternatively, the 'equivs' package might help. It will let you build and
install a fake package that Provides: xlibs. However, keep in mind that if
you *do* decide to install X later, you'll have to install the real
versions of whatever packages you faked with equivs.
On Fri, Aug 18, 2006 at 11:40:58PM -0300, D G Teed wrote:
>Howdy,
>
>I have a package I've installed by alien for
>legato networker backup client. It comes
>with X versions of the client, which I
>don't need. Therefore I want the install to
>ignore the xlibs and other dependancies.
>
># dpkg --force-depends -i lgtoclnt_6.1-2_i386.deb
>(Reading database ... 12716 files and directories currently installed.)
>Preparing to replace lgtoclnt 6.1-2 (using lgtoclnt_6.1-2_i386.deb) ...
>Unpacking replacement lgtoclnt ...
>dpkg: lgtoclnt: dependency problems, but configuring anyway as you request:
>lgtoclnt depends on libx11-6 | xlibs (>> 4.1.0); however:
> Package libx11-6 is not installed.
> Package xlibs is not installed.
>lgtoclnt depends on libxext6 | xlibs (>> 4.1.0); however:
> Package libxext6 is not installed.
> Package xlibs is not installed.
>lgtoclnt depends on libxt6 | xlibs (>> 4.1.0); however:
> Package libxt6 is not installed.
> Package xlibs is not installed.
>Setting up lgtoclnt (6.1-2) ...
>
>That method works, as does doing it with --ignore-depends=xlibs
>
>However, later when I want to install anything with apt-get,
>I get complaints about the previous installation status.
>e.g.:
>
># apt-get install libncurses4
>Reading Package Lists... Done
>Building Dependency Tree... Done
>You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these:
>The following packages have unmet dependencies:
> lgtoclnt: Depends: libx11-6 but it is not going to be installed or
> xlibs (> 4.1.0) but it is not going to be installed
> Depends: libxext6 but it is not going to be installed or
> xlibs (> 4.1.0) but it is not going to be installed
> Depends: libxt6 but it is not going to be installed or
> xlibs (> 4.1.0) but it is not going to be installed
>E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or
>specify a solution).
>
>Of course apt-get -f install would install the whole bloody X-Window
>system, which I don't want to do on a nice minimal headless server.
>
>I'm sure there is a solution to this by hand messaging /etc/apt files
>or something like it.
>
>Anyone with a suggestion other than abusing force and ignore
>depends switches or installing X?
>
>--Donald
>
>
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