Re: apt-get

[David Z Maze <dmaze@debian.org>]

Benjamin Pharr <ben-lists@benpharr.com> writes:
> Is there a way to install or dist-upgrade with apt-get even when
> there are broken dependencies?

You need to use 'apt-get -f install' to fix the broken dependencies
first.  (Or, possibly, generate dummy packages using 'equivs', but
you're more likely to be happy with a correct, functional system.)

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