Re: dpkg --force-depends causes problems for apt-get later

2006-08-20 Thread D G Teed
Hey, thanks a bunch, Dwayne. equivs was exactly the sort of solution I hoped existed. I knew Debian had a rational fix for this but had never used equivs before. First I had to uninstall lgtoclnt so that apt-get would let me do things. Then I installed equivs: apt-get install equivs Then I bu

Re: dpkg --force-depends causes problems for apt-get later

2006-08-19 Thread Dwayne C. Litzenberger
The --patch option for alien might also help you build a lgtoclnt package that doesn't include the X clients. Alternatively, the 'equivs' package might help. It will let you build and install a fake package that Provides: xlibs. However, keep in mind that if you *do* decide to install X late