On Sat, 13 Mar 2004, Christian Guggenberger wrote: > in the meantime, do a: > > $ apt-get -f install > $ dpkg -r --force-depends libxft-dev > $ apt-get -f install > > and probably a: > $ apt-get install libxft-dev Thanks, that worked. I don't know what the significance of the divert problem was, but at least now my system is usable. jason