On 17/05/12 16:20, David wrote:
I need to force apt to re-install a repository package that I have
over-written with dpkg
Answering my own question:
first retrieve the exact version number
#apt-cache showpkg libpoppler13
then install the specific version of the package thus:
#aptitude install libpoppler13=0.16.4-0ubuntu1.1
Broken package fixed... all is well.
Problem:
xpdf is broken in Ubuntu 11.04
First solution:
took advice (silly me) to fix it by manually installing a downloaded .deb
# dpkg -i libpoppler13 [later version]
That failed to install because of a dependency problem.
Now I want to revert to the repository version but aptitude won't let
me. When I try to remove the broken version it wants to take a large
number of dependent packages with it - including cups, gimp, and lots
of other important stuff....
How do I get back to the repository version?
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David McQuire
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