[maemo-developers] APT archive lockup (hildon-libs0 vs osso-af)

[From: David Weinehall]

On lör, 2008-04-12 at 22:46 +0300, ext David Weinehall wrote:
> On lör, 2008-04-12 at 09:57 -0700, ext Andrew Daviel wrote: 
> > Precis: "dpkg --force-conflicts -i hildon-libs.deb" screws apt-get
> [snip]
> 
> > It looks like installing hildon-libs0 has screwed future use of apt-get, 
> > which is somewhat annoying.
> > As my host system is Fedora, not Debian, I normally use rpm/yum not 
> > dpkg/apt-get, and I don't have a manpage for apt-get (scratchbox includes 
> > one for dpkg, but not apt). (note to self; add
> >   MANPATH /scratchbox/users/andrew/targets/CHINOOK_ARMEL/usr/share/man
> > to /etc/man.config so "man dpkg" works on host)
> 
> This is, as you say, a .deb-based system, not a .rpm-based system.
> 
> Using force when installing might be traditional in the rpm-world, but
> it's a very strong indication that you're doing something wrong in
> the .deb-world.
> 
> > Is there a way around this? 
> > Is there a better way of installing a Bora package such as vncviewer
> > on 
> > Chinook ?
> 
> Make sure to install all the dependencies first?

Hmmm, reading a bit more closely, I notice that you're trying to install
a package that's built against an older distribution.  You cannot
combine Bora with Chinook; hildon-libs0 does not exist in the latter
distribution.

Either find an updated version of vncviewer (IOW one that's built
against Chinook), or download the source code and port it yourself.


Regards: David