On Jo, 19 mar 20, 15:02:19, Marco Möller wrote: > > From apt's perspective they are different > > packages -- each with its own version. "Upgrade" (see apt's > > man page) *promises* *never* to remove a package. It would > > have to remove libkpmcore8 to install libkpmcore9. > > I understand. > I will try to contact the package maintainers and ask them if they couldn't > provide a package named "libkpmcore" then and using normal version numbers > for this package as usual for other packages.
Libraries are special and need a sort-of-version in the package name. As already mentioned, the unusual thing (which causes your issue) is that the two are not co-installable. The maintainer may have good reasons for this. Did you look at the changelog? Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser
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