Here is my entertaining tip for the day. I learned this only because I twitched and hit my return key at the wrong moment. Get apt4rpm installed and working. Force install an rpm that you don't have the correct dependencies for. Do an apt-get -f install. apt-get will either fixup the dependencies for the forced rpm, or delete it. Kind of the big hammer approach - fix it or kill it. Michael wrote: > I'm not saying it should be common practice. But sometimes it requires a > big hammer. > > Getting KDE 3.1.4 on my RH9 required a big hammer. > > -----Original Message----- > From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org > [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org] On Behalf Of Jima > Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 8:16 AM > To: TCLUG Mailing List > Subject: RE: [TCLUG] new distro > > On Fri, 21 Nov 2003, Michael wrote: > >>Check.. www.rpm.org Newest version is 4.2 > > > Looks like Fedora Core 1 is using 4.2.1, actually. > > >>And for me to force the issue, I've used this: >> >>Rpm --force -ivh package.rpm >> >>HTH > > > Helps? Using --force (and --nodeps, for that matter) is a great way to > really hose your system. The dependencies are there for a reason. > I've long suspected many of the "RPM dependency hell" claims revolve around > careless use of those two flags. > > Jima > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list