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Newer page: version 8 Last edited on Sunday, September 28, 2003 10:42:18 am by AristotlePagaltzis Revert
Older page: version 6 Last edited on Wednesday, September 17, 2003 12:57:49 pm by AristotlePagaltzis Revert
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 If you want to use Apt to get packages out of RawHide, add this line to /etc/apt/sources.list: 
  
  rpm http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/apt/ redhat/rawhide/en/i386 os 
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-!!! Problems with [APT] on RH9 after installing XimianDesktop  
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-You get something like this:  
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- __# apt-get upgrade__  
- Reading Package Lists... Done  
- Building Dependency Tree... Done  
- You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these.  
- The following packages have unmet dependencies:  
- db4: Obsoletes: db1 but 1.85-0.ximian.6.1 is installed  
- E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.  
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-The solution is described at [http://thomas.apestaart.org/linux/ximian-rh9-apt.php]:  
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-;: There's a slight issue with the combination of XimianDesktop 2, RedHatLinux 9 and AptForRpm. The issue is simple : db4 from stock RH9 obsoletes: db1. __libdb1.so.*__ is provided by __gnome-libs__ in RH9. Ximian has db1 as a standalone package. %%% %%% [APT] seems to think this is an inconsistent state, and thus refuses to do anything unless you resolve the situation. %%% %%% A simple workaround is to rebuild db4 and remove the obsoletes tag. That's the theory. In practice, db4 is hard to rebuild, but with some tweaking and using mach it worked out fine. So, if you want to, you can try installing the packages I built for db4. %%% %%% Jeff Johnson, the [RPM] author, recommends to do this by running  
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- rpm -Fhv *.rpm --repackage --nodigest --nosignature  
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-;: so that you have repackaged [RPM]s that allow you to return to the previous state if something goes wrong. These end up in __/var/spool/repackage__.