Re: Real Player for potato
> > # dpkg -i realplayer_8.0.5_i386.deb
> > Selecting previously deselected package realplayer.
> > (Reading database ... 23682 files and directories currently installed.)
> > Unpacking realplayer (from .../realplayer_8.0.5_i386.deb) ...
> > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of realplayer:
> > realplayer depends on debconf (>= 0.9.53); however:
> > Version of debconf on system is 0.2.80.17.
> > dpkg: error processing realplayer (--install):
> > dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> > Errors were encountered while processing:
> > realplayer
> >
> > So, it seems that the woody realplayer.deb installer depends on the
> > woody debconf version. Hmmm. Is this what you meant?
>
> This is what I hoped would not be the case. The new debconf in turn
> depends on perl 5.6.1, you don't want to "dpkg -i" with all that.
>
You can always try to force the install. If it does not work you can
remove it and deceide if you still want that thing so badly.
dpkg --force-depends -i realplayer...deb
Alternatively you can take a look first at the files which are going to be
installed:
dpkg -x realplayer...deb /tmp
and install the files one by one after examining them.
If you really want to get rid of it:
dpkg --purge realplayer
My experience with woody is that these packages run well on a potato
system without upgrading it.
Good luck,
Sebastiaan
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