Re: How to uninstall X
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On Mon, 6 Sep 1999, Greg Vence wrote:
> Brad wrote:
> >
> > You can tell dselect to ignore the dependancies. Just use 'Q' (that's
> > shift-q) instead of enter to exit the package selection screen, then
> > choose Remove from the dselect menu.
> >
> > You should of course fix the situation quicky, so as not to leave your
> > machine in a broken state.
>
> Could I use this to allow install when the dependencies are incorrect?
> i.e. the main xlib 3.3.4 for slink is versioned 3.3.4-0slink1 when it's
> dependents require >= 3.3.4-1
You could, but then you'll always have to use shift-Q to exit the dselect
package selection screen. Also, apt-get may refuse to run citing the
broken dependancy.
Instead, you may want to get the sources for 3.3.4-0slink1 and change the
version number (in the changelog), or get the sources for whatever needs
3.3.4-1 and change the dependancy.
Also, consider that it may be versioned this way on purpose, to prevent
you from installing potato-compiled apps on a slink system (which can
cause problems). In this case, recompiling the apps yourself would be the
better course.
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