[PLUG] Dependency Hell

Ed Sawicki ed at alcpress.com
Mon Oct 27 06:56:02 UTC 2003


On Sun, 2003-10-26 at 20:51, Robert Kopp wrote:
> I think it's a good idea to have two installations of
> Linux on one's system, in case one needs to be worked
> on while it's not active.

Use a UML and you can work on both active copies of Linux.

<snip>

> I have tried to install SANE and Gnomemeeting RPM's on
> this installation, but without success. There are
> unsatisfied dependencies.

> I'm thinking about getting the retail version of 9.2,
> which is about ready to ship. Perhaps it would have
> the needed files, and thereby save a lot of time. Does
> anyone have comments on this?

Many of us here try to avoid dependency hell by using
apt-get.

Ed




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