Re: dist-uprgrade

[Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>]

On Sat, Jun 07, 2003 at 09:56:57AM -0700, Demented Blitz wrote:
> I just finished installing debian woody following branden's without any media install and proceeded to do edit /apt/sources.list edited to unstable and did apt-get update then dist-upgrade but i get this following message.. I know you guys probbably ecountered it and sorry for my newbieness. Uh it says: 
> 
> This instllation run will require temporarily removing the essential package libpam-modules due to a conflict/rpre depends something... this is oftern bad, but if you really want to do it, activate the APT::Force-LoopBreak option.

switch to console 2 (alt+F2), type enter to get the console, remove the
libpam-modules with :


  dpkg --force-depends --purge libpam-modules

This will break your dependency, which is expected, you can then quickly
do a :

  apt-get -f install

And let it fix it again.

Then return to console 1 (alt+F1) and continue as usual. Maybe you will
have to kill the process with Ctr-C or something such, and it will ask
you again about re-retrieving the files. 

Anyway, you can restart the base instalation by running base-config or
something such.

Friendly,

sven Luther