On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 10:34 PM, Damon L. Chesser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michael Marsh wrote: > > If you've gotten to that point, presumably you have partially updated > > packages that depend on those (such as evince). What worked for me > > was to do a > > $ dpkg -r libdjvulibre15 > > followed by a normal run of aptitude. Removing the old library > > doesn't cause evince to be removed, because the new version is already > > there, just broken. > > > Really? I would have done this: > > dpkg -i --force-overwrite > > /var/cache/apt/archives/libdjvulibre21_3.5.20-5_i386.deb > > which ignores the fact that another file also wants to "own" that > > > /usr/share/djvu/osi/cs/messages.xml
Good to know. I hardly ever use dpkg, so I was just looking for a way to force the removal of a no-longer-needed and update-blocking package. you are updating to libjvulibre21. > However, if anything is deping on libdjvulibre15, you just un-installed it. Yes, I verified that in aptitude first. > Note to Ron Johnson: is this happening a lot? I did not see any posts on > this. querybts shows 4 distinct bug reports for the same problem, with almost identical subjects. Do people even *read* the listings in reportbug? (Check that -- I know the answer.) -- Michael A. Marsh http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/~mmarsh http://mamarsh.blogspot.com http://36pints.blogspot.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
