Richard Hoskins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >On unstable, i386.
Irrelevant. >Kind of reminds me of RPM: Reminds me of lame RPM users... > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo dpkg -r libgphoto2-2 > dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of libgphoto2-2: > libgphoto2-port0 depends on libgphoto2-2. > dpkg: error processing libgphoto2-2 (--remove): > dependency problems - not removing > Errors were encountered while processing: > libgphoto2-2 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo dpkg -r libgphoto2-port0 > dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of libgphoto2-port0: > libgphoto2-2 depends on libgphoto2-port0 (>= 2.1.4-1). > dpkg: error processing libgphoto2-port0 (--remove): > dependency problems - not removing > Errors were encountered while processing: > libgphoto2-port0 $ sudo dpkg -r libgphoto2-2 libgphoto2-port0 (Reading database ... 133279 files and directories currently installed.) Removing libgphoto2-port0 ... Removing libgphoto2-2 ... or: $ sudo aptitude remove libgphoto2-2 Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree Reading extended state information... Done The following packages will be automatically REMOVED: libgphoto2-port0 The following packages will be REMOVED: libgphoto2-2 libgphoto2-port0 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 3 not upgraded. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 3314kB will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] Writing extended state information... Done Reading changelogs... Done (Reading database ... 133279 files and directories currently installed.) Removing libgphoto2-port0 ... Removing libgphoto2-2 ... Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree Reading extended state information... Done or: $ sudo apt-get remove libgphoto2-port0 Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: libgphoto2-2 libgphoto2-port0 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 3 not upgraded. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 3314kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Reading changelogs... Done (Reading database ... 133279 files and directories currently installed.) Removing libgphoto2-port0 ... Removing libgphoto2-2 ... Conclusion: Stop using low level tools if you can't handle them and don't complain about them if you don't understand them. Get yourself a proper package management frontend like dselect or aptitude. -- Stephen Rüger [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]