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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." -
 http://manpages.debian.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=apt-get

dpkg -i doesn't resolve dependencies.

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