On Wed, 2004-01-28 at 10:56, Richard Hoskins wrote: > On unstable, i386. > > Kind of reminds me of RPM: > > rich@lajoie:~$ sudo dpkg -r libgphoto2-2 > dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of libgphoto2-2: > libgphoto2-port0 depends on libgphoto2-2. > dpkg: error processing libgphoto2-2 (--remove): > dependency problems - not removing > Errors were encountered while processing: > libgphoto2-2 > > rich@lajoie:~$ sudo dpkg -r libgphoto2-port0 > dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of libgphoto2-port0: > libgphoto2-2 depends on libgphoto2-port0 (>= 2.1.4-1). > dpkg: error processing libgphoto2-port0 (--remove): > dependency problems - not removing > Errors were encountered while processing: > libgphoto2-port0 No... you forget the package management has never been the issue. RPM == DEB are of nearly equal capacity. It is the Packaging that Debian Uses and the Proper dependency checking it does. BTW, use apt-get: apt-get remove --purge libgphoto2-2 libgphoto2-port0 Use the --purge option to remove the configs as well. You should be fine. -- greg, greg@gregfolkert.net REMEMBER ED CURRY! http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry
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