Re: Replacing CPP with GCC
On Tue, 26 Nov 1996, Edward Urenda wrote:
> I had installed the cpp package in lieu of installing gcc. I find myself
> getting more into programming and will require gcc.
>
> I have tried to avoid using deseled, opting to choose dpkg -i instead.
> How can I remove cpp without breaking any dependencies and replace it with
> gcc, since the two cannot coexist.
>
You can do this one of two ways (There may actually be more ways than
this):
dpkg -i --force-conflicts /path-to-package/gcc*.deb
dpkg --purge cpp
or
dpkg --purge --force-depends cpp
dpkg -i /path-to-package/gcc*.deb
Hope this helps,
Dwarf
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