You can remove the -shlibs packages yourself with sudo dpkg -r --force-depends <package>
and then install your replacements. On Fri, 2002-11-01 at 16:20, Jean-maurice Le Clech wrote: > I had removed xfree86 base and xfree86 rotless and installed > xfree86-base-threaded after I'd tryed to install > xfree86-rootless-threaded but I encountered a problem: > > Information about 1609 packages read in 1 seconds. > > pkg xfree86-rootless-threaded version ### > pkg xfree86-rootless-threaded version 4.2.0.1-2 > The following package will be installed or updated: > xfree86-rootless-threaded > dpkg -i > /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/xfree86- > rootless-threaded_4.2.0.1-2_darwin-powerpc.deb > (Reading database ... 55690 files and directories currently installed.) > Unpacking xfree86-rootless-threaded (from > .../xfree86-rootless-threaded_4.2.0.1-2_darwin-powerpc.deb) ... > dpkg: error processing > /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/xfree86- > rootless-threaded_4.2.0.1-2_darwin-powerpc.deb (--install): > trying to overwrite `/usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.1.2.dylib', which is also in > package xfree86-rootless-shlibs > dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) > Errors were encountered while processing: > > /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/xfree86- > rootless-threaded_4.2.0.1-2_darwin-powerpc.deb > ### execution of dpkg failed, exit code 1 > Failed: can't install package xfree86-rootless-threaded-4.2.0.1-2 > > My questions are: Is this a bug ? > can I supress libGL.1.2.dylib to avoid the problem ? > I had tryed to removed xfree86-base-threaded to > reinstall xfree86 base but it was impossible: > > dpkg: error processing xfree86-base-threaded (--remove): > dependency problems - not removing > Errors were encountered while processing: > xfree86-base-threaded > ### execution of dpkg failed, exit code 1 > Failed: can't remove package xfree86-base-threaded > > How can I remove this package ? > > J-M > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by: See the NEW Palm > Tungsten T handheld. Power & Color in a compact size! > http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?palm0001en > _______________________________________________ > Fink-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users > -- Alexander K. Hansen Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University visiting MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center Levitated Dipole Experiment 175 Albany Street, NW17-219 Cambridge, MA 02139-4213 ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: See the NEW Palm Tungsten T handheld. Power & Color in a compact size! http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?palm0001en _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
