Hi Tony, If you are using a pretty standard Ubuntu distribution with the standard apt repositories I am unsure why you are getting conflicts (do you mean dependency errors?).
Did you try installing software from other repositories or manually with dpkg? Regards, Si On 27/03/2013 12:40, Payne, Tony wrote: > I have had my Ubuntu server for a week now, and I'm learning about apt-get > and aptitude when installing various packages. I have created hundreds of > conflicts when I look at aptitude. I notice that most of them are things like > openssh conflicting with opensshi386 for example. There may even be a third > or fourth option I could choose to install when I expand the tree in > aptitude, that have a similar package name. How do I know which one is > correct for me and what is the difference between xxxxxx and xxxxxxi386? > > is opening aptitude and navigating to a package the same as typing in apt-get > install "package name"? > Hi Tony, If you are using a pretty standard Ubuntu distribution with the standard apt repositories I am unsure why you are getting conflicts (do you mean dependency errors?). Did you try installing software from other repositories or manually with dpkg? Opening Synaptic (or software manager) and navigating to a package will be the same as apt-get install. Regards, Si -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-04-02 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:[email protected] How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
