[ale] In DEB/APT Hell Again

[Damon Chesser]

Well,

IF you know the erroring package, you can always use
Dpkg -i --force-$SOMETHING /path/to/apt-cache/foo.deb

See dpkg -i --force-help IIRC

This will allow you to overwrite, ignore requirements, and generally completely break your system if you insist.



Damon Chesser
dchesser at acsi2000.com
damon at damtek.com


-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of JD
Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 8:37 AM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] In DEB/APT Hell Again

On 05/25/2011 08:05 AM, Damon Chesser wrote:
> I also have never seen this error, usually it errors out on a package name.
> Try this:  aptitude update; aptitude upgrade and see if the errors continue.
>
> Aptitude and apt-get often get different results.

Good idea.  Way ahead of you.  I'm still erroring out.  dpkg error (1)
is the new issue.  I need to step away from this and come back with
fresh eyes.
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