On Monday 19 February 2001 10:21, Eivind Arnesen wrote: > I was just beginning to feel comfortable with Debian, when my > X configuration broke down. I tried to remove XFree and install it > again, but there is too many dependency problems. It looks like the > package database > is really screwed up. Just about whatever I try to do, I get some > complaints > about broken dependecies. I think maybe some of the dependent files,
Don't give up ;) It is clear that a lot of things depend on x-packages when they run under X. As we don't know hear, what you mean by 'X configuration broke down', we follow your way to install from scratch. I don't know how you get your package files. apt from the net - sri, can't help. You have them stored locally - here we go: As always, have a backup ;) and rtfm: man dpkg; You can force dpkg to do sth. even when dependency problems would normally not permit to do so. We assume you know what you're doing :) I always try a command the normal way first, if dependancy-checks fail and i know it's the right thing to do, than use --force-depends. To show what packages you have installed starting with x: dpkg -l x\* now remove what you think is broken (try normal first, then, if you have to): dpkg --force-depends -P package Now reinstall what is missing: dpkg --force-depends -i debfilename You can always check the state of your efforts apt-get check Hopefully the list of unmet dependancies is getting shorter over time you do that. You can not use apt-get before all dependancies are ok. hth, martin
