Re: conflicting hamm packages: mc, e2fslibsg and e2fsprogs
On Sun, 3 May 1998, Bob Nielsen wrote:
> On 3 May 1998, Torsten Hilbrich wrote:
>
> > Bob Nielsen <nielsen@primenet.com> writes:
> >
> > > midnight commander now requires e2fsligsg, but when I tried installing
> > > that, it won't install because of a conflict with e2fsprogs. The packages
> > > file says it conflicts with e2fsprogs <= 1.10-7. but I have 1.10-15
> > > installed. e2fsprogs says it conflicts with e2fslibsg (no version
> > > listed). mc still seems to work with e2fsprogs installed, however, but
> > > dselect still wants to install e2fslibsg although it cannot do so.
> > >
> > > Should I try forcing either the installation of e2fslibsg or the removal
> > > of e2fsprogs?
> >
> > The latter First force the removal of e2fsprogs (IIRC
> > --force-remove-essential) and then install e2fslibsg. You need a
> > package named comerr2g too.
> >
> > Torsten
>
> But checking the bug reports, it seems that e2fsprogs is to be preferred
> over e2fslibsg and there is a recommendation that mc be recompiled with
> e2fsprogs. I think I'll leave things alone until the bugs are resolved
> (after all it IS working as-is).
>
> Bob
>
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After trying to install e2fsprogs I marked the old packages for removal
and then ran "apt-get -f install" which did the job no trouble at all.
It's a great tool.
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