On Thu, 28 Nov 2002, =?utf-8?Q?J=C3=BCrgen?= A. Erhard wrote: > wanderer ~ % sudo apt-get --purge install links-ssl elinks > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > Sorry, elinks is already the newest version. > The following NEW packages will be installed: > links-ssl > 0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 367 not upgraded. > Need to get 0B/348kB of archives. After unpacking 999kB will be used. > Reading changelogs... Done > Preconfiguring packages ... > dpkg: regarding .../links-ssl_0.98-1_i386.deb containing links-ssl: > links-ssl conflicts with links > elinks provides links and is installed. > dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/links-ssl_0.98-1_i386.deb > (--unpack): > conflicting packages - not installing links-ssl
Er, yes, this is a bug in apt. You have requested to install 2 packages, that themsevles are incompatible based on virtual packages. dpkg detects this. apt does not.
