On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 06:35:34PM +0800, Allan Barola wrote: > Hi, > > I'm working on a debian package for a local project. This package will only > be available for private use. I would like to ask if there is a possibility > to force install a dependency for a package using apt-get or any package > management tool? > > For instance: > package.deb > Depends: dependency (= 2.0) > > If you install this package using apt-get and there is an installed > dependency with a later version for instance 3.0 > We would like apt-get to downgrade the installed dependency. > > Another is if dependency 3.0 is available in the repository, it will still > install 2.0.
It does not work that way. First, in general there is a single version of a package in the archive. Secondly, all that you can achieve is to block the upgrade of dependency, but apt-get will never downgrade package by itself. Some packages names include the major version like 'dependency-2.0' and 'dependency-3.0' so that you can safely do Depends: dependency-2.0 . Cheers, -- Bill. <[email protected]> Imagine a large red swirl here. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150429114935.GB6347@yellowpig
