Hi, > 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 You can even NOT do it, since gcc Depends: on cpp. Actually it would have deleted cpp already if it conflicts with gcc. Greetings Bernd -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org . Trouble? e-mail to Bruce@Pixar.com