Re: Unable to complete upgrade to libc6 development
On Thu, 6 Nov 1997, Howard S. Ostrowsky wrote:
> Hi again:
>
> In my previous communication I described some of the problems I am
> having in taking the "next step" after adding the libc6 libraries etc
> to my Debain box: how to go on to configure the system to do
> development (i.e., gcc, g++, g77 work) using libc6. Whereas the
> first step is very clearly described in the HOWTO, the second
> step is not. I tried hard to figure out how to switch from libc5
> development to libc6 development, but was unable to make it work.
> The problem is that the HOWTO says to remove all old *-dev packages
> before installing the new *-dev packages, but dpkg didn't let me
> do this! Since very many other packages depended on the libc5
> *-dev stuff, I couldn't remove them without practically gutting
> my system. In the end, I tried to do this very thing, but
> apparently failed. Now I can't do libc5 nor libc6 development!
>
> Is there any place I can go to find a step-by-step description
> of how to do the conversion I am seeking? I suspect that other
> people on this list may be having or have had this problem, and
> would be interested in the answer. If I get a clear answer,
> I'll summarize for the group.
Use dselect to purge the *-dev packages. It will (suggest to) unselect
packages that depend on the packages you selected for purging.
Learn to use its keys and then use dselect. It is very powerful.
Cheers,
Joost
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