Re: Installing wmaker and libc6_2.0.7u-7.1

[Tamas Nyitrai <defiant@telnet.hu>]

On Wed, 16 Dec 1998, Phillip Deackes wrote:

> dpkg: considering removing libstdc++2.8 in favour of libc6 ...
> dpkg: no, cannot remove libstdc++2.8 (--auto-deconfigure will help):
>  netstd pre-depends on libstdc++2.8 (>= 2.90.26-1)
>   libstdc++2.8 is to be removed.
> dpkg: regarding libc6_2.0.7u-7.1.deb containing libc6:
>  libc6 conflicts with libstdc++2.8 (<< 2.90.29-2)
>   libstdc++2.8 (version 2.90.29-1) is installed.
> dpkg: error processing libc6_2.0.7u-7.1.deb (--install):
>  conflicting packages - not installing libc6
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  libc6_2.0.7u-7.1.deb
> 
> What should I do?

First, you have to install the new version of libstdc++2.8, then libc6.
The old version of libstdc++2.8 conflicts with the new version of libc6
(vice versa), but several other applications may depend on libstdc++2.8,
so it would not be wise to remove it completely.

Good luck!

Later,
Tamas