From: The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm>
To: "debian-user@lists.debian.org" <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 3, 2014 8:20 PM
Subject: Re: Remove unwanted, orphaned files and
dependencies
> That depends on a number of other factors.
> Literally speaking, dpkg will simply unpack the package's files into...................
> If the preinst, postinst, or other processing scripts rely on the.............
> If one of the files installed by the package is already on the system,..............
> Once the "--force" install is complete, if you try to run the installed.........................
I appreciate your taking the time to write a detailed explanation. I feel I'm more educated already :)