Some of the mentors gave me a hand on a previous post where I asked about packages with conflicting dependencies. I am now trying to track down the problem, so I can solve it for myself and other Debian users. (Its not a popular package, but there might be someone else pulling there hair out over it...)
I think I've got a good handle on the concepts, but I'm still having some trouble. I was hoping to provide some more specific details in an effort to get a little more help. (I did download the Debian Policy Manual, and I will give it a thorough reading through.) I believe the package with the problem is "libsvn-javahl", which provides a Java wrapper to SVN. When I select this package for installation it tells me the following packages will be removed: g++ g++-3.3 glade-gnome-2 gnome-common libc6-dev libstdc++5-3.3-dev libstlport4.6-dev libtool locales openoffice.org-dev It says only one package will be installed: libwpd8 Now, I checked out "libwpd8", figuring it must be the package causing the conflict with the packages in the "To be removed" section. However, "libpwd" is a library used to work with word perfect documents. I don't understand what this has to do with the package I'm trying to install, or the packages I'm trying to remove, except for maybe "openoffice.org-dev". What has me even more puzzled is that the "libwpd8" package isn't even listed as a dependency of the "libsvn-javahl" package I'm trying to install. Go figure. What the heck is it doing there in the "To be installed" list? What is the best solution to this situation? Should I try making a new "libsvn-javahl" package, while contacting its maintainer to ask about the problem? Or is there something else unrelated going on, and I'm just looking in the wrong place? Thanks for the help and explanations. Scott Huey -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
