[lug] apt-get

[Nate Duehr]

Ummm, just a quick thought here... if Corel and Debian are
"incompatible" (which in many ways they are... Corel adds in stuff that
Debian's Free Software Guide won't touch with a ten-foot pole, including
KDE) it's Corel that did it, not the Debian folks.

It'd be like saying that RedHat's at fault if Mandrake messes up
compatibility issues with RH in their distribution that's BASED on
RedHat.

The best "spinoff" distro maker of Debian-style distros is Storm Linux,
IMHO.  They add on without breaking the ability to just remove their
packages and get back to a straight Debian system down the road if you
like.

On Tue, Sep 12, 2000 at 11:59:48AM -0600, Ruskell Todd G wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I am using Corel's 2nd edition (really version 1.2), and am trying to
> install some deb packages that depend on the debconf package.  My problem
> is this.  When I do an 
> 
> apt-get -s install debconf
> 
> to simulate what will happen, it tells me that it's going to
> "intelligently" remove a bunch of "extra" packages:
> 
> The following packages will be REMOVED: 
>   menusupport-kde-corel online-services debconf-tiny kde-corel apt
>   libapt-pkg-dev kde-corel-admin corel-help-redist 
> The following NEW packages will be installed: 
>   debconf
> 
> 
> Now, I really don't want to remove kde-corel, and some of these other
> packages.  I've customized my desktop, etc. and don't want to do it again.
> I've tried other options to get it to install without removing these
> packages.  Any suggestions?
> 
> Surely "they" didn't make Corel and Debian this incompatible?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Todd
> 
> 
>  
> 
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