Re: How to "fool" apt-get into believing a package is installed?

[Arnt Karlsen <arnt@c2i.net>]

On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 17:03:17 +0200, 
Alexander Schmehl <alexander@schmehl.info> wrote in message 
<[🔎] 20030823150317.GB1113@schmehl.info>:

> * Neal Lippman <nl@lippman.org> [030823 17:13]:
> 
> > Is there a reasonable way to do this?
> 
> Take a look at the equivs-Package.

...or 'alien -d a-foreign-format.pkg' and then
'dpkg -i /path/to/your.deb', or add your own deb 
location url into your /etc/atp/sources.list and 
then 'apt-get install your.deb'.  ;-)

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