[NBLUG/talk] apt-get problems

[Bob Blick]

Ahhh, dpkg - no wonder I couldn't find force options in apt-get manpages.

I went straight for dpkg -i --force-all and my printer prints like it 
should now.

Thanks to all.

Cheerful regards,

Bob


Dean A. Roman wrote:
> 
> 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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