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Re: emacs install problem



On Tue, Jan 04, 2000 at 09:35:15PM +0000, Abdul Aziz wrote:
> Hello. I tried to install emacs20_20.3.5 but get dependency problems
> with emacsen-common 1.4.9 which requires bsdmainutils. But I have
> textutils 2.0-2 installed which conflicts with bsdmainutils when I try
> to install bsdmainutils 4.5.2. All of these from ftp debian.
> Is it OK to force remove textutils (ordinary remove fails since it's
> required) or is there another way to install emacs? Maybe I'm doing
> something wrong.
> I've got the latest tarball of Hurd with the base updates.
> Thanks for help in advance.

Just force install everything. The bsdmainutils situation is a bit tough,
but I don't think any dependency on it is crucial.

Marcus


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