My bad , you 're right :-)
Not only apt and apt-get play safe here but even aptitude does not react as I
was thinking it would: the three of them refuse to install a package when they
meet a forbidden dependency
> I have no knowledge of this matter, but from what I understand from
> sse2-support package page (1), by forbidding its installation you will get
> rid of your error message without being rid of the error: that is précisely
> its purpose to warn you, by failing to install, that a package that has
Hello Stefan,
I have no knowledge of this matter, but from what I understand from
sse2-support package page (1), by forbidding its installation you will get rid
of your error message without being rid of the error: that is précisely its
purpose to warn you, by failing to install, that a pack
Hi,
On Mon, 12 Oct 2020 18:29:14 -0400
Stefan Monnier wrote:
> > In /etc/apt/preferences.d/, create no-sse2-support:
> >
> > # never install this package, ever
> > Package: sse2-support
> > Pin: release *
> > Pin-Priority: -1
>
> Thanks, it seems to be working.
>
> It's a bit annoying that the
> In /etc/apt/preferences.d/, create no-sse2-support:
>
> # never install this package, ever
> Package: sse2-support
> Pin: release *
> Pin-Priority: -1
Thanks, it seems to be working.
It's a bit annoying that the resulting constraints aren't easily visible
(e.g. APT just keep searching or tells
>> APT keeps wanting to install `sse2-support` on my dear Thinkpad X30, but
>> that machine's CPU does not support SSE2, so the package's installation
>> always fails.
>>
>> How can I tell APT that it shouldn't *try* to install `sse2-support`?
>>
>> I tried to put a "hold" on the package with
>>
On Sat, Sep 12, 2020 at 04:28:46PM -0500, John Hasler wrote:
Some package you are trying to install must either depend on that package
or recommend it. Try installing that package with --no-install-recommends.
The entire purpose of that package is to prevent the installation of
other packages
Some package you are trying to install must either depend on that package
or recommend it. Try installing that package with --no-install-recommends.
--
John Hasler
jhas...@newsguy.com
Elmwood, WI USA
Hi, Stefan.
On 12/09/2020 17.30, Stefan Monnier wrote:
APT keeps wanting to install `sse2-support` on my dear Thinkpad X30, but
that machine's CPU does not support SSE2, so the package's installation
always fails.
How can I tell APT that it shouldn't *try* to install `sse2-support`?
I tried to
Stefan Monnier wrote:
> APT keeps wanting to install `sse2-support` on my dear Thinkpad X30, but
> that machine's CPU does not support SSE2, so the package's installation
> always fails.
>
> How can I tell APT that it shouldn't *try* to install `sse2-support`?
>
> I tried to put a "hold" on the
APT keeps wanting to install `sse2-support` on my dear Thinkpad X30, but
that machine's CPU does not support SSE2, so the package's installation
always fails.
How can I tell APT that it shouldn't *try* to install `sse2-support`?
I tried to put a "hold" on the package with
echo "sse2-support"
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