Hi, Thanks for the reply.... Actually i want to install A2.deb and not B.deb..... I cannot remove and install B.deb because lot of packages depends on B.deb
So, are you sure when i run dpkg -i B.deb A2.deb, it does not remove B.deb but just update the dependency list of B.deb from A1.deb to A2.deb? Regards, Srikumar B On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 10:32 PM, Dmitrijs Ledkovs <[email protected] > wrote: > On 11 February 2010 16:19, Sri <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I want to replace existing package A1.deb with new package A2.deb and > should > > update the dependencies of the package B.deb with A2.deb instead of > A1.deb. > > For that, i mentioned the Conflicts & Replaces tags with A1.deb in > > DEBIAN/control file of A2.deb > > But when i try to install A2.deb using dpkg -i command, i am getting > error > > saying "A2.deb conflicts with A1.deb but it cannot remove A1.deb because > > B.deb depends on A1.deb" > > So, what options i have to add to dpkg command to remove A1.deb, install > > A2.deb, update dependency of B.deb from A1.deb with A2.deb. > > Please help me in this regard... > > Thanks in advance... > > Regards, > > Srikumar B > > > > This is how all so-name bumps are done actually. > > You want to dpkg -i B.deb A2.deb > > Where B.deb is new package B which depends on A2 instead of A1. > > This is more of debian-mentors question though nothing to do with > *developing* dpkg =) > -- Cheers, Sri
