[Ilugc] Kde in Woody
- From: prabhu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Prabhu Ramachandran)
- Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2002 00:07:44 +0530
"Ashwin" == Ashwin D <Ashwin> writes:
>> $ dpkg -i --force-overwrite <file>.deb
Ashwin> When i wanted to install kde i had a similar error with
Ashwin> kfind. One person on irc suggested the above and another
Ashwin> said this could impede *apt-get's* dependency
Ashwin> resolution. Is it true? My understanding was apt-get was
Ashwin> nothing but another interface which uses dpkg.
I doubt that this would impede apt-gets dependencies because the
package is a valid package (except for the error). AFAIK apt-get does
the dependencies from the "Depends" field. So if the package is there
there should be no problem. The installation fails because dpkg is
failing when installing the package. By using --force-overwrite you
just force dpkg to install ignoring the overwrite errors. I've done
this several times with absolutely no adverse effects (so far).
cheers,
prabhu
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