remove packages

[Masao Kitamura]

> 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.

Try:

apt-get remove --purge libc6