On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 05:18:50PM +1000, David & Leanne Wiener wrote:
> Hi, > When I apt-get an application, the new packages download fine
but then > apt-get unpacks another package that was left from a previous
session. This > package is lilo, I use grub as my boot manager and don't
want to change that. > > How do I stop apt-get from trying to install
lilo each time I run it. At the > moment I just ctrl-c out of it each
time > > Dave W >
Hello Dave,
It sounds like the lilo package got marked for re-installation. I
the word might actually be 'reinst'. I had this same thing happen to me
a couple of months ago. There are a few ways to fix it. You can do
something like dpkg --set-selections and then type in the name of the
pacakge, followed by a space then type 'install'. But I have only used
that method once to put a package on hold some months ago and don't
exactly remember. Another way I believe would be to use 'dselect'.
Personally, I use 'aptitude', and I didn't know what to do about the
package I was having this problem with until I fired up aptitude and saw
it marked in there as 'ir', which means 'installed reinstall'. If I
remember, I just hit the minus sign and then the plus sign on it in
aptitude and that fixed it. Another way is to manually edit the file
/var/lib/dpkg/status.
HTH,
Jimmy Richards
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