[NBLUG/talk] apt-get problems

[Dean A. Roman]

You could download the packages then use dpkg with the force directive 
to override dependancies and install:
dpkg -i --force-depends packagename.deb
or
dpkg -i --force-all packagename.deb
or
dpkg -i --force-depends-version packagename.deb
or you could try...


Good luck,
    ---Dean.



Bob Blick wrote:

>> Have you recently updated your package lists? You may want to apt-get
>> update and possibly perform an upgrade...
>
>
> I have updated the package lists. These printer filters are from "some 
> guys repository" for his Ubuntu Edgy machine.
>
> I am very reluctant to do an upgrade, since there's a possibility I 
> can screw up the system in a way that affects something critical and 
> need to reinstall to fix it. But I'm just basing that on the 
> experience of others on this list as they have reported.
>
> As it is, if I can force the printer filters to install, the worst 
> that can happen is I won't be able to install this printer. I've 
> recently decided that if there isn't a quick fix to a linux issue I 
> will not attempt anything further, it's a moving target and winning a 
> long-fought battle with some issue doesn't get me any further in 
> linux's war for the desktop. Or something like that :) Maybe since I 
> have two jobs I just don't have the time and I just want to poke it 
> with a stick.
>
> Cheerful regards,
>
> Bob
>
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-- 
Dean A. Roman