Re: Catch 22 dpkg mystery
"Richard Jenniss" <dr.awe@telus.net> writes:
> Can anyone explain to me how you can install g++ ?
>
> I checked debian.org to find that g++ depends on
> http://www.debian.org/Packages/stable/devel/g++.html
> <http://www.debian.org/Packages/stable/devel/g++.html>
>
> thats great, so one of the dependencies is libstdc++2.10-dev
>
> But libstdc++2.10-dev depends on g++
> http://www.debian.org/Packages/stable/devel/libstdc++2.10-dev.html
> <http://www.debian.org/Packages/stable/devel/libstdc++2.10-dev.html>
>
> ARGH !!
> its a catch22 star dot deb situation, can anyone help?
> thanks!
Have you actually tried `apt-get install g++`? Circular dependencies
are not a problem (unless it's a Pre-Depends one). It merely means
that you need both g++ and libstdc++2.10-dev installed in order to _use_
either of them. It does not mean that one has to be installed already
before you can install the other. Go ahead, `apt-get install g++` and
ask again if that doesn't work (it should).
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Olaf Meeuwissen Epson Kowa Corporation, Research and Development
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