On 12 February 2010 08:42, Sri <[email protected]> wrote: > 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?
Yes it upgrades the package B (reinstalls if it's the same version) and B will then depend on A2 and because A2 is supplied within the same dpkg invocation it will remove the conflicting A1. > Regards, > Srikumar B > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
