BK1
07-18-2001, 02:14 PM
I installed Debian 2.1 from CD, then apt-get update, apt-get install apt, apt-get dist-upgrade (only stable source.list). Downloaded 204MB. Now says I may have to use the APT::Force-LoopBreak Option. Could someone please tell me how to do this? I have the O'Reilly Learning Debian book, but can't find it in there anywhere. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,.
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Posts: 29 | From: Clinton, N.C. | Registered: Jul 2000 | IP: Logged
moyix's ghost
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posted 18 July 2001 11:43 AM
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You can pass configuration options like that to apt by using the -o switch:
apt-get -o=APT::Force-LoopBreak install foo
A word of warning from the apt.conf manpage though:
quote:
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Never Enable this option unless you -really- know
what you are doing. It permits APT to temporarily
remove an essential package to break a Con*
flicts/Conflicts or Conflicts/Pre-Depend loop
between two essential packages. SUCH A LOOP SHOULD
NEVER EXIST AND IS A GRAVE BUG. This option will
work if the essential packages are not tar, gzip,
libc, dpkg, bash or anything that those packages
depend on.
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Posts: 102 | From: St Louis, MO | Registered: Jun 2001 | IP: Logged
My question is, at the prompt, do I type apt-get -o=APT::Force-LoopBreak install foo
to fix this. I thought foo was a variable. Does this mean I need to enter apt-get -o=APT::Force-LoopBreak install libpam0g ??
Sorry to re-post, I just want to understand what I need to do.
Thanks.
Thanks,.
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Almost everything I know about rebooting I learned from Micro$uck$
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Posts: 29 | From: Clinton, N.C. | Registered: Jul 2000 | IP: Logged
moyix's ghost
Grasshopper
Member # 18567
Member Rated:
posted 18 July 2001 11:43 AM
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You can pass configuration options like that to apt by using the -o switch:
apt-get -o=APT::Force-LoopBreak install foo
A word of warning from the apt.conf manpage though:
quote:
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Never Enable this option unless you -really- know
what you are doing. It permits APT to temporarily
remove an essential package to break a Con*
flicts/Conflicts or Conflicts/Pre-Depend loop
between two essential packages. SUCH A LOOP SHOULD
NEVER EXIST AND IS A GRAVE BUG. This option will
work if the essential packages are not tar, gzip,
libc, dpkg, bash or anything that those packages
depend on.
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Need help with things like transparent terms? Check out my Eterm tweak guide.
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Posts: 102 | From: St Louis, MO | Registered: Jun 2001 | IP: Logged
My question is, at the prompt, do I type apt-get -o=APT::Force-LoopBreak install foo
to fix this. I thought foo was a variable. Does this mean I need to enter apt-get -o=APT::Force-LoopBreak install libpam0g ??
Sorry to re-post, I just want to understand what I need to do.
Thanks.