remove packages

[NoOp]

On 11/22/2010 09:09 PM, Richard Gliebe wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> is there a way to remove a package with a lot of dependencies?
> 
> I have to upgrade the package libc6-dev, but 'apt-get upgrade' says, 
> there is a dependency with package libc6 (should be libc6-2.7-18lenny6).
> 
> ....
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>    libc6-dev: Depends: libc6 (= 2.7-18lenny6) but 2.7-18 is installed
> ....
> 
> My problem is now, that someone have installed the package libc6 instead 
> of 2.7-18lenny6.
> 
> # dpkg -l | grep -i libc6
> ii  libc6                            2.7-18                   GNU C 
> Library: Shared libraries
> pU  libc6-dev                        2.7-18lenny6             GNU C 
> Library: Development Libraries and Hea
> 
> now my question.
> is there a way (without reinstalling the OS) to remove the package libc6 
> and install libc6-2.7-18lenny6.

Any particular reason that you're attempting to install this:
http://packages.debian.org/lenny/libc6-dev
instead of this:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid-updates/libc6-dev