[Fink-beginners] Re: Re:

[Brian O'K. <ok...@cy...>]

Here is the latest update re: gdbm:
dpkg -i  
/sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/libs/gdbm_1.8.0- 
7_darwin-powerpc.deb
Selecting previously deselected package gdbm.
dpkg: considering removing gdbm3 in favour of gdbm ...
dpkg: yes, will remove gdbm3 in favour of gdbm.
(Reading database ... 102091 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking gdbm (from .../gdbm_1.8.0-7_darwin-powerpc.deb) ...
Setting up gdbm (1.8.0-7) ...

On Monday, March 29, 2004, at 08:24 AM, Alexander K. Hansen wrote:

> On Mar 29, 2004, at 10:21 AM, Brian O'Keefe wrote:
>
>> Am trying to update all and ran into this conflict:
>> dpkg -i  
>> /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/libs/gdbm3_1.8.3- 
>> 1_darwin-powerpc.deb
>> Selecting previously deselected package gdbm3.
>> dpkg: considering removing gdbm in favour of gdbm3 ...
>> dpkg: no, cannot remove gdbm (--auto-deconfigure will help):
>>  gnupg depends on gdbm
>>   gdbm is to be removed.
>> dpkg: regarding .../gdbm3_1.8.3-1_darwin-powerpc.deb containing gdbm3:
>>  gdbm3 conflicts with gdbm
>>   gdbm (version 1.8.0-7) is installed.
>> dpkg: error processing  
>> /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/libs/gdbm3_1.8.3- 
>> 1_darwin-powerpc.deb (--install):
>>  conflicting packages - not installing gdbm3
>> Errors were encountered while processing:
>>   
>> /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/libs/gdbm3_1.8.3- 
>> 1_darwin-powerpc.deb
>> ### execution of dpkg failed, exit code 1
>> Failed: can't install package gdbm3-1.8.3-1
>>
>> Update dies here. I tried to remove gdbm and install the archived  
>> gdbm3. Help!
>> Thanks,
>> Brian
>>
>>
>
> See if you can remove gdbm via
>
> sudo apt-get remove gdbm
>
> (This will remove gnupg).  Do your update, then see if you can remove  
> gdbm3 (assuming it's just a build dependency, not needed to run  
> anything) and then reinstall gnupg.
>
> --
> Alexander Hansen
> Fink Documentarian
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