Re: A problem with package dependences

[Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com>]

On Sun, Jan 13, 2008 at 03:54:11PM +0100, Rodolfo Medina wrote:

>> I want to install the auctex package, and Etch won't do it before installing
>> the emacs21 and related packages:
>> 
>> emacs21 emacs21-bin-common emacs21-common emacsen-common gs-common gs-gpl
>> gsfonts preview-latex-style
>> 
>> .  Now, my problem is that I already installed a cvs version of Emacs, so I
>> don't want the standard one to be installed.
>> 
>> Is there a solution to this matter?



"Douglas A. Tutty" <dtutty@porchlight.ca> writes:

> There is a solution, although I've never added non-debian versions of
> anything.  I think I've seen the answer on the list before.  You make an
> equivs package that contains nothing but it does satisfy the
> dependancies of anything depending on whatever (e.g. emacs).
>
> You then install this equiv package with dpkg and you're good to go.


Thanks.  I tried equivs.  The idea is brilliant but the result may be
dangerous.  In this case, for example, using equivs allows to install auctex
avoiding installing first emacs21, emacs21-bin-common, emacs21-common and
emacsen-common; but then when you install auctex with apt-get you find out
(but too late) that emacsen-common was necessary.  So the system breaks down.
Then, after installing Emacs from source, I'm going to install auctex from
source as well, it's safer.

Bye
Rodolfo