* Martin Michlmayr | BTW, this may be a stupid question, but is there a way to tell apt to | pass some options to dpkg? I needed this the other day and couldn't | easily find it. apt-get -o "DPkg::options=--force-overwrite" install foo should work. -- Tollef Fog Heen ,''`. UNIX is user friendly, it's just picky about who its friends are : :' : `. `' `-