Hello guys, so I got a new UPS from APC and need to connect multiple systems with the network ups tools which are provided in the 'nut' package. Since I plan on using the USB connection and the UPS model is not directly supported by 'nut', I need 'apcupsd' and connect via the given driver (see https://networkupstools.org/docs/man/apcupsd-ups.html).
As the manual tells 'apcupsd-ups acts as an apcupsd client, simply forwarding data. This can be useful in cases where both protocols are required in a network, or in case apcupsd has a required UPS access mode missing from NUT.' Therefore I want to use both packages at the same time, but trying to install both results in a conflict between 'apcupsd' and 'nut-client'. Both provide and conflict 'ups-monitor': $ sudo apt show apcupsd Package: apcupsd Version: 3.14.14-2 Priority: optional Section: admin Maintainer: Thorsten Alteholz <[email protected]> Installed-Size: 904 kB Provides: ups-monitor Depends: libc6 (>= 2.27), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.2), libusb-0.1-4 (>= 2:0.1.12), libwrap0 (>= 7.6-4~), lsb-base Recommends: apcupsd-doc, s-nail | mailx Suggests: apcupsd-cgi, udev Conflicts: ups-monitor Homepage: http://www.apcupsd.org/ Tag: admin::power-management, hardware::power, hardware::power:ups, interface::daemon, interface::graphical, interface::text-mode, interface::x11, network::server, role::program, scope::utility, uitoolkit::gtk, uitoolkit::ncurses, use::monitor, x11::application Download-Size: 264 kB APT-Manual-Installed: yes APT-Sources: https://deb.debian.org/debian buster/main amd64 Packages $ sudo apt show nut-client Package: nut-client Version: 2.7.4-8 Priority: optional Section: admin Source: nut Maintainer: Arnaud Quette <[email protected]> Installed-Size: 515 kB Provides: ups-monitor Depends: adduser, lsb-base (>= 3.0-6), libc6 (>= 2.15), libupsclient4 (>= 2.7.2) Recommends: bash-completion Suggests: nut-monitor Conflicts: ups-monitor Breaks: nut (<< 2.6.1-2~), nut-server (<< 2.6.3-1~) Replaces: nut (<< 2.6.1-2~), nut-server (<< 2.6.3-1~), ups-monitor Homepage: http://www.networkupstools.org/ Tag: role::program Download-Size: 251 kB APT-Sources: https://deb.debian.org/debian buster/main amd64 Packages My questions are: Is this a mistake? If so, where do I report this? And how can I still make use of both of these packages on one system? Thanks in advance! Cheers, Sebastian Hofmann
