Re: XFree86 broken.
Thank you!
I've managed to fixed the problem (I'm happy again)..
--force-depends did the trick (I read something on the debianplanet), that
pointed
med in the right direction) , and I was able to reinstall XFree.
But thanks for your reply, I did learn something new!
Eivind.
On 2001.02.20 02:24:34 +0000 Martin Albert wrote:
> On Monday 19 February 2001 10:21, Eivind Arnesen wrote:
> > I was just beginning to feel comfortable with Debian, when my
> > X configuration broke down. I tried to remove XFree and install it
> > again, but there is too many dependency problems. It looks like the
> > package database
> > is really screwed up. Just about whatever I try to do, I get some
> > complaints
> > about broken dependecies. I think maybe some of the dependent files,
>
> Don't give up ;) It is clear that a lot of things depend on x-packages
> when they run under X.
>
> As we don't know hear, what you mean by 'X configuration broke down',
> we follow your way to install from scratch.
>
> I don't know how you get your package files. apt from the net - sri,
> can't help. You have them stored locally - here we go:
>
> As always, have a backup ;) and rtfm: man dpkg;
>
> You can force dpkg to do sth. even when dependency problems would
> normally not permit to do so. We assume you know what you're doing :)
> I always try a command the normal way first, if dependancy-checks fail
> and i know it's the right thing to do, than use --force-depends.
>
> To show what packages you have installed starting with x:
> dpkg -l x\*
>
> now remove what you think is broken (try normal first, then, if you
> have to):
>
> dpkg --force-depends -P package
>
> Now reinstall what is missing:
>
> dpkg --force-depends -i debfilename
>
> You can always check the state of your efforts
>
> apt-get check
>
> Hopefully the list of unmet dependancies is getting shorter over time
> you do that. You can not use apt-get before all dependancies are ok.
>
> hth, martin
>
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