Re: Remove package from apt's db

On Mon, Apr 07, 2008 at 04:46:45PM +1000, Rich Healey wrote: > I _DO_ know what i'm doing (not arrogance or anger). > > I'm used to building systems from scratch, sorry, I was referring to a good knowledge of dpkg files, not to a good knowledge about complilation of packages. I any case my previo

Re: Remove package from apt's db

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 NN_il_Confusionario wrote: > On Mon, Apr 07, 2008 at 11:47:44AM +1000, Rich Healey wrote: >> I've installed skype, had to force it to ignore dependencies (long >> story.. anyway, i do have qt4's libs, and skype does work) > > I would NOT remove skype

Re: Remove package from apt's db

On Mon, Apr 07, 2008 at 11:47:44AM +1000, Rich Healey wrote: > I've installed skype, had to force it to ignore dependencies (long > story.. anyway, i do have qt4's libs, and skype does work) I would NOT remove skype from the dpkg database /var/lib/dpkg/status I would use equivs (or manual editing

Remove package from apt's db

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I've installed skype, had to force it to ignore dependencies (long story.. anyway, i do have qt4's libs, and skype does work) But now apt won't upgrade, it complains about skype's missing libs. Can i remove skype from apt's db without removing it? --