Re: Apt-get Confusion

[Henry White <henryw@gte.net>]

On Sun, Feb 20, 2000 at 01:55:28PM +0000, Lane Lester wrote:
 > 
 > On Sun, 20 Feb 2000, Ron Rademaker wrote:
 > > Have you tried 'apt-get -f install', I've had similar problems also and
 > > apt-get -f install solves most...
 > 
 > Is that safe? I seem to recall doing that once some time ago, and it
 > mangled my system. It would still run, but I recall an awful lot of stuff
 > got changed.
 > -- 
 > Lane
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 > Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia USA
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 > Getting where I want to be with Corel Linux
 > 
 > 


Short answer: no, any 'force' is likely to break things. You're actually
mileage may vary, so you may be very lucky, you may not. You want to take
that risk? It could be a great learning experience; or hours and hours just
chasing your tail ;-) It's up to you.

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Henry White
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