On Saturday, July 13, 2002, at 10:37 PM, Ben Hines wrote:
> system-libgl is no longer needed because system-xfree86 provides libgl. > That's the bug, it should be removable since the new package provides > what the old one did. Ok, makes sense. Thanks. Still a problem though... ************* % sudo dpkg -r --forcedepends system-libgl dpkg: unknown option --forcedepends Type dpkg --help for help about installing and deinstalling packages [*]; Use dselect for user-friendly package management; Type dpkg -Dhelp for a list of dpkg debug flag values; Type dpkg --force-help for a list of forcing options; Type dpkg-deb --help for help about manipulating *.deb files; Type dpkg --licence for copyright licence and lack of warranty (GNU GPL) [*]. Options marked [*] produce a lot of output - pipe it through `less' or `more' ! % dpkg --help | grep force dpkg --force-help | -Dh|--debug=help help on forcing resp. debugging --force-... Override problems - see --force-help --no-force-...|--refuse-... Stop when problems encountered % dpkg --version Debian GNU/Linux `dpkg' package management program version 1.9.20 (darwin-powerpc). This is free software; see the GNU General Public Licence version 2 or later for copying conditions. There is NO warranty. See dpkg --licence for copyright and license details. % which dpkg /sw/bin/dpkg ************* So --forcedepends isn't an option. Is it --force-depends instead? Guess so... ************* % sudo dpkg -r --force-depends system-libgl dpkg: system-libgl: dependency problems, but removing anyway as you request: dx depends on libgl; however: Package libgl is not installed. Package system-libgl which provides libgl is to be removed. wxgtk depends on libgl; however: Package libgl is not installed. Package system-libgl which provides libgl is to be removed. xmms-bin depends on libgl; however: Package libgl is not installed. Package system-libgl which provides libgl is to be removed. glut-shlibs depends on libgl; however: Package libgl is not installed. Package system-libgl which provides libgl is to be removed. xforms-shlibs depends on libgl; however: Package libgl is not installed. Package system-libgl which provides libgl is to be removed. geomview depends on libgl; however: Package libgl is not installed. Package system-libgl which provides libgl is to be removed. gtkglarea depends on libgl; however: Package libgl is not installed. Package system-libgl which provides libgl is to be removed. qt3 depends on libgl; however: Package libgl is not installed. Package system-libgl which provides libgl is to be removed. (Reading database ... 129252 files and directories currently installed.) Removing system-libgl ... ************* Guess that worked. Note for the archives :) ************* % sudo fink -y install system-xfree86 Information about 1329 packages read in 7 seconds. pkg system-xfree86 version ### pkg system-xfree86 version 4.2-1 The following package will be installed or updated: system-xfree86 dpkg -i /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin- powerpc/x11-system/system-xfree86_4.2-1_darwin-powerpc.deb (Reading database ... 129250 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace system-xfree86 4.1-5 (using .../system- xfree86_4.2-1_darwin-powerpc.deb) ... Valid XFree86 installation detected. Unpacking replacement system-xfree86 ... Setting up system-xfree86 (4.2-1) ... ************* Wonderful. Now I can re-install all the KDE stuff I removed :) -- Chris Devers ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
