Hi (one more time) You can get the source of the package, edit debian/control and remove "Conflicts: ftp-server" and "Provides: ftp-server", rebuild the package and install it. You will need to do this with only one package (vsftpd or pure-ftpd). The problem is that if you want to keep it updated, you will need to do this everytime a new version is released. Now, without needing to recompile the package, I really don't know a way to do this. Nelson