How to force apt-get to ignore a non-error.

[Florian Diesch]

Jim McQuiston <jsmcq at comcast.net> wrote:


> FreeNX now appears to be working like a proverbial charm. However, now
> when I run apt-get dist-upgrade I get the following message:
>
> # apt-get dist-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:
>   freenx: Depends: nxagent (>= 1.4.92+1.5.0) but it is not installable
> E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.
>
> If I run apt-get -f install it will remove FreeNX, which I do not want
> to do. However, I cannot find a command to force apt-get to ignore
> FreeNX and leave it alone.

,----[ pkgdesc equivs ]
| Package: equivs
| Description: Circumvent Debian package dependencies
|  This package provides a tool to create Debian
|  packages that only contain dependency information.
|  .
|  If a package P is not installed on the system, packages
|  that depend on P cannot normally be installed.  However,
|  if equivalent functionality to P is known to be installed,
|  this tool can be used to trick the Debian package management
|  system into believing that package P is actually installed.
|  .
|  Another possibility is creation of a meta package. When this
|  package contains a dependency as "Depends: a, b, c", then
|  installing this package will also select packages a, b and c.
|  Instead of "Depends", you can also use "Recommends:" or
|  "Suggests:" for less demanding dependency.
|  .
|  Please note that this is a crude hack and if thoughtlessly used,
|  it might possibly do damage to your packaging system. And please
|  note as well that using it is not the recommended way of dealing
|  with broken dependencies. Better file a bug report instead.
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   Florian
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