On Mon, 24 Feb 2003, Ben Leslie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote...

> I just tried to apt-get install slapd (OpenLDAP server) on a debian
> production server. Debian then wants to install an xfree86-common,
> which I obviously don't want on a server.
> 
> (slapd depends on libiodbc2 depends on xlibs..... xfree86-common).
> 
> Now, I know the way I'll be using slapd doesn't *really* depend on 
> libiodbc2. Is there a simple way to tell apt-get this? 
> 
> (I guess I could get the source and change the dependencies manually
> but that sounds really icky.)

You could use `equivs' to create & install fake xfree86-common and/or
xlibs packages, for the sole purposes of forfilling dependancies.

Matt.
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