"David Z. Maze" wrote: > >Richard Sevenich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >RS> I would like to install a software package that requires >RS> xlib6g. dpkg is loathe to install xlib6g with xlib6 already >RS> installed. Can I safely remove xlib6 i.e. will packages depending >RS> on xlib6 accept xlib6g ... or? ... > >If you install the xlib6 from hamm, xlib6g should install fine. >xlib6g is the glibc version of the X libraries, and libc5 programs >won't run without the xlib6 package. Upgrading to glibc (libc6) is not that simple. It is a fundamental change which affects a lot of other things. Especially, don't force anything or you may end up with an unuasable system.
Look at: http://www.debian.org/doc/libc5-libc6-Mini-HOWTO/libc5-libc6-Mini-HOWTO.html and http://www.debian.org/devel/autoup.sh -- Oliver Elphick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Isle of Wight http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver PGP key from public servers; key ID 32B8FAA1 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
