On Sat, 28 Sep 2002 13:36:07 +0100 "Ian Douglas" alug@the-zub.demon.co.uk wrote:
On Saturday, September 28, 2002 10:38 AM, bsamuels wrote:
WordPerfect, if my memory serves me well (which it seldom does), depends on an old version of xlib6. My current version of Debian (Testing) uses xlib6 4.1 but I also have to have xlibs 3.3 installed to run WordPerfect.
Looking at my package manager it says I have xlibs 4.1.0-16 installed. Sadly it does not list a xlibs 3.3, can you remember where you got it from? Is it something I can "apt-get"? Would installing xlibs 3.3 overwrite/clash with my existing xlibs 4.1 or is there something I have to do first to enable them to co-exist? (Sorry if these questions seem a bit elementary but I haven't got the hang of Debian yet and haven't a clue about libraries)
In Debian most packages have good dependency information so if two packages clash the package management tools will tell you so, offering to remove the old package that the package you are adding conflicts with. Be careful with this as you can end up removing large chunks of software like this after the tool had removed a library and everything that depends on it.