Re: Equivalence to apt-get install -f

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 01/27/2009 02:56 AM, Umarzuki Mochlis wrote:
> 2009/1/27 Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>
>
> > On 01/27/2009 01:04 AM, Pierre Meurisse wrote:
> >
> > > On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 09:11:06PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > >
> > > > On 01/26/2009 08:59 PM, Umarzuki Mochlis wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > For aptitude, is there an equivalence to
> > > > > # apt-get install -f
> > > > What is it that you need to force?
> > > >
> > > >  -f means --fix-broken
> > That's what I meant... :D  (Force a broken install to go thru.)
> well, last time i tried aptitude install -f did not work to solve deluge

So, aptitude *does* have a "fix".

> dependencies (the package from its website) but apt-get install -f does.

aptitude and apt-get are not the same.  Thus, one may succeed where 
the other fails.

> Hence question asked.

Since you know that aptitude has a "-f", you asked the wrong 
question.  The correct question should have been:

  Why does 'apt-get -f' work, but 'aptitude -f' does not?

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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

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