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. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
