Package: apt Version: 0.5.4 Severity: normal This is what I get. Maybe it's important that "links" is not just a virtual package, but also a real one. Or maybe not. wanderer ~ % sudo apt-get --purge install links-ssl elinks Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Sorry, elinks is already the newest version. The following NEW packages will be installed: links-ssl 0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 367 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/348kB of archives. After unpacking 999kB will be used. Reading changelogs... Done Preconfiguring packages ... dpkg: regarding .../links-ssl_0.98-1_i386.deb containing links-ssl: links-ssl conflicts with links elinks provides links and is installed. dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/links-ssl_0.98-1_i386.deb (--unpack): conflicting packages - not installing links-ssl -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux wanderer 2.4.19-wanderer #5 Mon Aug 12 15:57:12 CEST 2002 i686 Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 Versions of packages apt depends on: ii libc6 2.3.1-3 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 1:2.95.4-11 The GNU stdc++ library -- no debconf information -- Jürgen A. Erhard (juergen.erhard@gmx.net) MARS http://mars.jerhard.org "All language designers are arrogant. Goes with the territory..." -- Larry Wall
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