[plug] APT question

[Steve Boak]

On Tuesday 05 August 2003 14:28, James Devenish wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In message <11750-2200382544010796 at westnet.com.au>
>
> on Tue, Aug 05, 2003 at 12:40:10PM +0800, Stephen Boak wrote:
> > min:~# apt-get check
>
> [...]
>
> > E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.
> >
> > I've tried everything I can think of - how do I undo the failed
> > installs and get rid of these messages?
>
> APT is trying to be kind. Try using -f. (But if that didn't work,
> let us know! :)

Thanks James, but I am still not keen on installing the packages 
against the 'wishes' of apt. I don't really need to do the install, 
and in fact I will probably use the -s switch next time and get the 
dependencies right first. It's just that it won't let me do anything 
else without complaining, and I would like to resolve the problem 
without possibly creating a worse situation for myself :)

I think I see what I have done wrong - I downloaded and installed a 
package from a .deb file with dpkg  instead of getting what I wanted 
from the unstable distro with apt-get - does that make any 
difference? Have I confused the whole apt system? Is it recoverable?

Steve

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