on Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 10:29:35PM +0530, omicron (omicron@omicron.dyndns.org) wrote: > hi > i've libc6 2.2.4-* and i want to upgrade from the old to the new. > I dont have a very fast net connection so i've to download it to some > other place and then trasfer it here. i also have most of the dependencies > and "recommended" packages of libc6. I've kept them in a directory > /misc/tmp. What tool should i use to install them ? > If i use dpkg, what should be the --refuse-things flag so that if > in case there is any error, a good package is not deleted ( i say this > because, when i tried to upgrade libdb3, it removed libdb.so.3 and failed > most of programs ). is this ok ? > dpkg -i --refuse-conflicts,dependencies,remove-essential,downgrade > -E -R /misc/tmp/ You might want to look at apt-zip which is intended for this situation. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org
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