Re: dpkg problem
On Sun, 7 Mar 1999, Robert Donn wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 05, 1999 at 09:06:37PM +0000, Edward Betts wrote:
> > $ sudo dpkg --configure -a
> > dpkg: ../../../main/packages.c:191: process_queue: Assertion `dependtry <=4' fai
> > led.
> > Aborted
> >
> > What is going on? What does it mean? What should I do? How do I fix it?
>
> As far as I can tell (this is all according to my mind, so take with a grain
> of salt)...
>
> What is going on:
> dpkg is aborting because of circular dependencies.
>
> What does it mean:
> Two or more packages, possibly libggi2 and libggi-target depend on one
> another, and so neither can be installed.
>
> What should I do?
In fact dpkg -i package1.deb package2.deb
will avoid the circular dependancies
Matthew
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