On Fri, Apr 07, 2006 at 12:22:04PM -0700, Redefined Horizons wrote: > I am trying to install Mono on my Debian System. I went to backports.org and > downloaded the Mono packages for Sarge, the version of Debian I am running. > When I tried to install Mono apt told me that I needed a more recent version > of libc6 and libglib. I donwloaded these from the main debian repository. > > When I try to update libc6 and libglib I get a long list of packages that > will be removed. Does this mean removed as in "permanently removed, no > longer on your system"? That wouldn't be good! Am I going to "break" all > that other software if I try to update these two packages? > > Is there a work-around? > > Thanks, > > Scott huey Hi Scott, certain software on your system is required by every other software: libc6 is one of those packages. If you remove this, it would be like trying to remove the foundation of a house with the result being that the house on top would collapse. This software can not be updated casually, as most Gnu/Linux distributions are in a certain way defined by these: Red Hat 7.2, Debian Woody, etc. This is the idea of software 'dependency'. Cheers, Kev -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal | debian.home.pipeline.com | | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keysever: pgp.mit.edu | my NPO: cfsg.org |
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