How do I install Equivs when apt is already locked by dependencies?

weav · 07-25-2009, 12:02 PM

In my quest to "provide" the perl and mysql packages that I compiled by hand, I discovered the lore of "equivs". This is good, but now I need to install Equivs and apt-get is still locked by the perl and mysql dependencies.

How does one install Equivs when apt-get is already locked?
Thanks

AlucardZero · 07-26-2009, 09:57 AM

download the .debs manually and install with dpkg -i?

Samotnik · 07-26-2009, 04:54 PM

Use checkinstall to create deb packets from source install with info to satisfy dependencies of equivs.