Re: How to replaces the conflicting package with new package
On 12 February 2010 08:42, Sri <srikumar.b@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> Thanks for the reply....
> Actually i want to install A2.deb and not B.deb.....
> I cannot remove and install B.deb because lot of packages depends on B.deb
> So, are you sure when i run
> dpkg -i B.deb A2.deb, it does not remove B.deb but just update the
> dependency list of B.deb from A1.deb to A2.deb?
Yes it upgrades the package B (reinstalls if it's the same version)
and B will then depend on A2 and because A2 is supplied within the
same dpkg invocation it will remove the conflicting A1.
> Regards,
> Srikumar B
>
>
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