Hi all,Hi,
Can I (permanently) overdrive the dependency settings of a package? I.e., I want to disable a 'conflicts' dependency which is not a conflict to me, anyway, I have installed the package in question with "dpkg -i --force-conflicts", and works great.
But, in this state apt-get do not work because it detects this conflict and says "E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f." I want apt-get to think that there is no conflict at all.
Is there a solution to this?
You can make a dummy package with equivs that fixes the dependency problems.
Info about equivs ---start This is a dummy package which can be used to create Debian packages, which only contain dependency information.
This way, you can make the Debian package management system believe that equivalents to packages on which other packages do depend on are actually installed.
Another possibility is creation of a meta package. When this package contains a dependency as "Depends: a, b, c", then installing this package will also select packages a, b and c. Instead of "Depends", you can also use "Recommends:" or "Suggests:" for less demanding dependency.
Please note that this is a crude hack and if thoughtlessly used might possibly do damage to your packaging system. And please note as well that using it is not the recommended way of dealing with broken dependencies. Better file a bug report instead. ---end
Thomas
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