On Wed, 22 Mar 2000, Phoenix Amon wrote: > Is there anyway I can lie to dpkg to convince it that I really do have > these packages installed?
Two things: 1. Use the --ignore-depends flag. 2. RTFM; it's right there. "man dpkg" (if you've installed man-db). > Forgive my ignorance... I'd never seen Linux until about a week ago... > and right now I must say that package management has a real > heavy-handed big-brotherish feeling to me. Seems like Debian is > controlling what I install under Linux more than MS ever controlled > what I installed under Win. Debian is good at alleviating the pain of dependencies. Having started working with Linux on early Slackware, I know the horror of manually configuring everything. Moreover, comparing Debian's package management system to MS's won't work, because they don't do nearly the same thing. Most importaqntly, you're under no obligation to use dpkg, as you've clearly already demonstrated to yourself. It is ultimately just Linux, after all. -- Hecubus
