Bug#141448: apt: building apt requires libdb2-dev which conflicts with libdb3-dev
On Sat, 6 Apr 2002, Hans-Joachim Baader wrote:
> Hi!
>
> > > Tried to build apt 0.54 from source. This requires libdb2-dev. However
> > > I have libdb3-dev installed and libdb2-dev cannot be installed because
> > > it conflicts with libdb2-dev. apt should be fixed to use whatever lib
> > > is available.
> >
> > eh? db2 and db3 are not necessarily compatible with each other....
>
> I must admit that libdb is probably a large mess...
>
> But what should I do when libdb2-dev and libdb3-dev cannot be installed
> in parallel? Deinstall libdb3-dev to compile apt?
Gee, that seems like the right thing to do to me.
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