On Fri, 2 Jul 2004 17:14:07 +0200 v.demartino2@virgilio.it wrote: > > Under debian testing I have installed the texlive version of tetex (I > mean the tetex version coming with www.tug.org DVD) because is more > updated than the boxed tetex deb stuff. > > Now if I try to install lyx via apt-get debian looks for dependencies > (tetex) and doesn't find them. > > Is there any way to tell apt-get to install the package and to find the > missing files in another dir? apt doesn't look for files, per se; it looks for packages. It looks in its package database to see if the package dependencies for lyx are filled (e.g. that the package tetex-base is installed), and complains/ makes to install it if it doesn't find it. So your mission is not to tell apt to look for missing files in another directory, since apt doesn't look for files in *any* directory. Your mission is to tell apt that you really *do* have the package dependencies installed. Reading the documentation is always a good idea. If you check the Debian Reference, available through the Debian website, under "Chapter 6 - Debian Package Management," you'll see a subsection on "equivs". The APT HOWTO, also available through the Debian website, has a big section on equivs. -c -- Chris Metzler cmetzler@speakeasy.snip-me.net (remove "snip-me." to email) "As a child I understood how to give; I have forgotten this grace since I have become civilized." - Chief Luther Standing Bear
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