Re: (no subject)
On Wed, Oct 16, 2002 at 12:59:15AM -0400, RavynNiteshade@aol.com wrote:
> okay,fix that later..started checking out the packages I installed and
> noticed that some of the dependencies were connected by
> convienience,rather than true dependencies,e.g. KDE in no way depends
> on koffice,how that got in,I have no clue,
The 'kde' package is a metapackage which installs a big chunk of KDE for
convenience. If the metapackage isn't for you, remove it, install
individual components, and be happy.
> installed kde from rpm without it,etc.
Do NOT EVER use 'rpm' to install packages on Debian. It'll break.
> Oh,well,lets remove that problem...read much much much documentation
> on dpkg and apt-get, okay remove packages not needed.Hey
> look,linuxlogo...maybe that'll spruce up the boot process...wait a minute,I
> now need to run apt-get -f because these packages I removed wont let me
> progess with my new package installs.
Yup, you forced it and it broke. Don't force it. The 'rpm --force
--nodeps' mindset is dead and you need to forget about it with Debian;
one of the reasons we take so long about releases is eradicating the
need for that sort of thing.
Cheers,
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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