Quoting Eliran Gonen, from the post of Wed, 19 Feb: > To [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Seems like another package is interested the overwrited file. > > Should I force dpkg to install it ? > > Listening to some dood at http://www.debianplanet.org/node.php?id=880 > I ran: > > dpkg -r libdb1-compat --force-depends=yes > > In order to "prevent" the "conflict". > > Now when I try to use apt-get I get: > > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > E: The package libc6 needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it. > > When I try to reinstall: > > rulix:/home/eg/Packs# dpkg -i libc6_2.2.5-11.2_i386.deb > (Reading database ... 40485 files and directories currently installed.) > Preparing to replace libc6 2.3.1-11 (using libc6_2.2.5-11.2_i386.deb) ...
Look at what you are doing here, you are trying to downgrade, not reinstall as it asked. you are installing 2.2.5 over 2.3.1 and you are bound to break a zillion dependencies. > Unpacking replacement libc6 ... > /bin/sh: /lib/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.3' not found (required by >/lib/libncurses.so.5) Surprise. downgrade libncurses5 as well, and don't be surprised if more packages ask for more soch downgrades. Dude! Debian unstable is not for newbies, but even more, downgrading is not trivial at any scale anyway. > BTW anyone knows why can't I subscribe to debian-il's mailing list ? > I begin to think this topic is quite offtopic without telling us what you tried, we won't know. this mail should also send a request to subscribe you (see the CC: header), so answer the cookie it sends you in the mail. -- Rapper turned actor Ira Abramov http://ira.abramov.org/email/ This post is encrypted twice with ROT-13. Documenting or attempting to crack this encryption is illegal. ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
