Debian package management and forcing dependencies
As an experienced Linux user, but Debian newcomer, this has been
something that has been annoying me for a while.
Say I want to remove the packaged version of ghostscript (5.1) and
compile my own (5.5 with some of my own drivers). I can do this quite
easily with 'dpkg --force-depends -r gs'. The '--force-depends' is of
course required so that I can keep some software which has a dependency
for ghostscript installed -- this shouldn't cause a problem because it's
about to be able to use the version of ghostscript that I've just
compiled.
However, dpkg and apt-get will remember about this forced dependency for
ever more -- a right pain because it means that I can't 'apt-get'
something. This is simply because the source compiled version of
ghostscript isn't in the dpkg database.
So, what am I supposed to do so that dpkg and apt-get will forget about
this forced dependency?
Thanks,
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Chris Howells
E-Mail: chris.h@gmx.co.uk
ICQ: 93699029
Web: http://www.chowells.uklinux.net
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