On Thu, 2005-11-17 at 18:33 +0000, Ken Heard wrote: > Those of you who go back to before the earth's crust hardened, may > remember Corel WordPrefect 8.0 (and 8.1). WP 8.0 was released by Corel > about 2000. It (and 8.1) were the only versions of WP which were native > to Linux. (WP 10 was ported from Windows to Linux through Corel's own > vintage of wine.)
Shoot, humans were creating cave paintings by the time WP8.0 was released. [snip] > Aptitude listed the six packages it would conflict with, none of which > I have or need. It also listed two dependencies, both of which I had > already installed for other packages. However, when I ran a test > installation with aptitude, it wanted to remove 175 other packages, > including most of the KDE packages. > [snip] > > I short, can I install xlib6g in such a way that it does not remove 175 > other packages I need and use? If so, how do I do it? Try apt-get instead of aptitude. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "Oh, great altar of passive entertainment, bestow upon me thy discordant images at such speed as to render linear thought impossible" Calvin, regarding TV -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
