Re: Remove unwanted, orphaned files and dependencies
On Tue, 2014-06-03 at 15:50 -0700, Horatio Leragon wrote:
> apt-get -f install
>
> means a "force" install, am I correct?
No, you aren't!
"-f, --fix-broken
Fix; attempt to correct a system with broken dependencies in place." -
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dpkg -i doesn't resolve dependencies.
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