> >On 14-Oct-97 Matt Thompson wrote: > > ok, i got libc5_5.4.33-7.deb from hamm, and here's what i got: > > > > mattyt# dpkg -i libc5_5.4.33-7.deb > > dpkg: regarding libc5_5.4.33-7.deb containing libc5: > > libc5 conflicts with libc5-dev > > libc5-dev (version 5.4.33-6) is installed. > > dpkg: error processing libc5_5.4.33-7.deb (--install): > > conflicting packages - not installing libc5 > > Errors were encountered while processing: > > libc5_5.4.33-7.deb > > You can remove libc5-dev, and also, you shouldn't need to install any *-dev > unless you are going to compile you own programs. The gimp works without any > *-dev and I would assume must debian packages are same. > > Later, > David > ok, i removed libc5-dev, which also removed wg15-locale, flex and gcc (and several -dev packages, but i assume i won't be needing those since i'm no hacker, unfortunately :) ). now, i know i want gcc if i ever want to compile a new kernel, right? but do i need flex or wg15? if so, should i get it from unstable? should i install the stable gcc from dselect, or get the version from unstable and dpkg it?
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