On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 12:07:53PM -0500, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > > xz-utils conflicts with the pseudo-essential package lzma. This makes it > > uninstallable at all. > Could you explain further? xz-utils in experimental > Conflicts/Provides/Replaces lzma, and I have no trouble installing it.
apt refused to remove essential and pseudo-essential packages. | The following extra packages will be installed: | liblzma0 | The following packages will be REMOVED: | lzma | The following NEW packages will be installed: | liblzma0 xz-utils | WARNING: The following essential packages will be removed. | This should NOT be done unless you know exactly what you are doing! | lzma (due to dpkg) | 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 1 to remove and 81 not upgraded. | Need to get 259kB of archives. | After this operation, 459kB of additional disk space will be used. | You are about to do something potentially harmful. | To continue type in the phrase 'Yes, do as I say!' | ?] ^C Bastian -- There is a multi-legged creature crawling on your shoulder. -- Spock, "A Taste of Armageddon", stardate 3193.9 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org