Can the apt-get command be configured to ignore some of the packages it wants to remove. I run both 32 bit and 64 bit development packages as well as the programs created on them, meaning I need both the xxx:i386 and their 64 bit counterparts on the system.In this system for example I need to install a 64bit development package on all the related 32bit development packages are marked for removal.
root@ac02:/usr/src/packages/lazarus# apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
gir1.2-freedesktop:i386 gir1.2-glib-2.0:i386 gir1.2-pango-1.0:i386 libcairo-gobject2:i386 libcairo-script-interpreter2:i386 libexpat1-dev:i386 libgirepository-1.0-1:i386
libharfbuzz-gobject0:i386 libharfbuzz-icu0:i386 libice-dev:i386 liblzo2-2:i386 libpcre3-dev:i386 libpcrecpp0:i386 libpng12-dev:i386 libpthread-stubs0-dev:i386 libsm-dev:i386
libx11-dev:i386 libxau-dev:i386 libxcb-render0-dev:i386 libxcb-shm0-dev:i386 libxcb1-dev:i386 libxcursor-dev:i386 libxdamage-dev:i386 libxdmcp-dev:i386 libxext-dev:i386
libxfixes-dev:i386 libxinerama-dev:i386 libxrandr-dev:i386 libxrender-dev:i386 zlib1g-dev:i386
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
gir1.2-atk-1.0 gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0 gir1.2-gtk-2.0 libatk1.0-dev libcairo-script-interpreter2 libcairo2-dev libexpat1-dev libfontconfig1-dev libfreetype6-dev libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev
libglib2.0-dev libgtk2.0-dev libharfbuzz-dev libharfbuzz-gobject0 libice-dev libpango1.0-dev libpcre3-dev libpcrecpp0 libpixman-1-dev libpng12-dev libpthread-stubs0-dev libsm-dev
libx11-dev libxau-dev libxcb-render0-dev libxcb-shm0-dev libxcb1-dev libxcomposite-dev libxcursor-dev libxdamage-dev libxdmcp-dev libxext-dev libxfixes-dev libxft-dev libxi-dev
libxinerama-dev libxrandr-dev libxrender-dev
Suggested packages:
libcairo2-doc libglib2.0-doc libgtk2.0-doc libice-doc libpango1.0-doc libsm-doc libxcb-doc libxext-doc
The following packages will be REMOVED:
gir1.2-atk-1.0:i386 gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0:i386 gir1.2-gtk-2.0:i386 libatk1.0-dev:i386 libcairo2-dev:i386 libfontconfig1-dev:i386 libfreetype6-dev:i386 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev:i386
libglib2.0-dev:i386 libgtk2.0-dev:i386 libharfbuzz-dev:i386 libpango1.0-dev:i386 libpixman-1-dev:i386 libxcomposite-dev:i386 libxft-dev:i386 libxi-dev:i386
The following NEW packages will be installed:
gir1.2-atk-1.0 gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0 gir1.2-gtk-2.0 libatk1.0-dev libcairo-script-interpreter2 libcairo2-dev libexpat1-dev libfontconfig1-dev libfreetype6-dev libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev
libglib2.0-dev libgtk2.0-dev libharfbuzz-dev libharfbuzz-gobject0 libice-dev libpango1.0-dev libpcre3-dev libpcrecpp0 libpixman-1-dev libpng12-dev libpthread-stubs0-dev libsm-dev
libx11-dev libxau-dev libxcb-render0-dev libxcb-shm0-dev libxcb1-dev libxcomposite-dev libxcursor-dev libxdamage-dev libxdmcp-dev libxext-dev libxfixes-dev libxft-dev libxi-dev
libxinerama-dev libxrandr-dev libxrender-dev
0 upgraded, 38 newly installed, 16 to remove and 33 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 14.0 MB of archives.
After this operation, 13.4 MB of additional disk space will be used.
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When a package is marked for removal, does that mean that apt-get thinks it conflicts with other packages? This I find rather unexpected as most development systems search for 32bit development packages separately form 64 bit packages.
apt-get
ordpkg
commands which will cause it to skip the removal of possible conflicts if the user thinks there are will be no actual conflicts. As I mentioned I don't think 32bit development packages will interfere with 64bit ones if the linker looks in different directories, unless some linkers are indifferent to that.