Re: AAARGH! I mean, Aptitude problems

[Chris Lale <chrislale@untrammelled.co.uk>]

Jim Hyslop wrote:
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> OK, I seem to have got myself into a bit of a pickle here. I tried to
> install MySQL 5. Now, because of the various dependencies, installing
> MySQL 5 requires the latest version of a particular package which
> conflicts with my kernel (package: kernel-image-2.4.27-2-386).
> Therefore, aptitude has flagged my kernel as being broken, and must be
> removed. I DON'T THINK SO!!!
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> How can I tell aptitude to fix the broken dependencies, but it MUST NOT
> TOUCH the kernel image?
>
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Try running

   # aptitude keep-all

first (see 
http://newbiedoc.berlios.de/wiki/Aptitude_-_using_together_with_Synaptic_and_Apt-get)

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Chris.