On Thu, Dec 09, 1999 at 06:51:56PM +0200, Juho �stman wrote: > When I tried to install dpkg-hurd-dev, I got a message complaining about the > file /usr/bin/dpkg-scanpackages which was also in dpkg-multicd.
> The installation aborted and the files installed thus far was kept. > The removal of the package wasn't possible because it wasn't marked > installed in the dpkg database. > (dpkg -s dpkg-hurd-dev printed that the package was exactly 'not-installed') > The package dpkg-hurd-dev was version 1.4.13. How can I install that package > or even remove it cleanly? It was not installed, so you don't need to remove it. You can safely force installation by dpkg -i --force-overwrite dpkg-hurd-dev-* Or remove the dpkg-multicd package before installation. > And by the way what's the difference between dpkg-dev and dpkg-hurd-dev? The second works on the Hurd. It's a temporary fork. Please press return after each 80 characters or such. Thanks, Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' Debian http://www.debian.org Check Key server Marcus Brinkmann GNU http://www.gnu.org for public PGP Key [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Key ID 36E7CD09 http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
