Re: apt-get install 'cept need to ignore dependencies

[Andy Davidson <andy@nosignal.org>]

On 13 Feb 2007, at 18:59, Jim Popovitch wrote:

> I need to install tripwire on a server that doesn't need a pre- 
> packaged
> MTA (there is a custom compiled MTA on that host).   "apt-get install
> tripwire" wants to install all sorts of stuff, how do I inform apt  
> that
> there is already an MTA installed?

Create a dummy debian package which provides mail-transport-agent,  
and then dpkg -i your dummy package.  Tripwire will install just fine  
then.

-a