Re: Practical problems faced by new Debian user
On (02/08/05 16:59), nuno romano wrote:
> I have Debian 3.1Sarge(testing) from early
> May2005,since then I have
> downloaded binary packages from testing(latest May)
> and 3.1stable
> (early June) and with dpkg -install package_x.deb I
> usually get:
>
You're probably better off using aptitude which helps to handle a lot of
the dependency issues.
See: man aptitude
Regards
Clive
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of
> package_x:
> package_x depends on libc6 (>= 2.3.2.ds1-21);however:
> Version of libc6 on system is 2.3.2.ds1-20
>
> ---> the programs were unpacked but not
> configured.(Can I FORCE the
> configuration in these cases -very close
> versions- ?)
>
> Well,a REAL libc6 incompatibility is not probable
> here(2.3.2=2.3.2)a
> strict dpkg problem is what I see here.So,how can I
> surpass this?(I
> suppose that the package equivs -to fool dependencies-
> is not an option
> here).I simply don?t believe that we need to
> substitute major libraries
> each time we pick a new version of a program few weeks
> later.(Compiling
> from sources to adapt to my environment is not
> optional,I don?t have the
> large majority of developer packages in my CD set).
>
> NOTE: I am aware that with apt-get POSSIBLY the cost
> of upgrading from
> libc6 2.3.2.ds1-20 to libc6 2.3.2.ds1-21 is only to
> change a few files,
> and a few minutes of Internet connection.Is that so?
> Or the ENTIRE new
> libc6 would be downloaded?
> I simply prefer to pick the packages manually with a
> webbrowser.
>
> EXAMPLE:In my CD set I don?t have MySQL-Admin and
> MySQL-Query-Browser.
> I got the sources and I have fallen in a HELL
> of dependencies
> trying to build the .deb binaries(need a lot
> of dev packages).
> So I got the .deb binaries and the only
> barrier I face to reach
> a proper installation is this libc6
> 2.3.2.ds1-21 dpkg warning.
>
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