I hate apt-get

[Jeffry Smith]

On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 8:52 AM, Lori Nagel <jastiv at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I hate apt-get stuff.  I don't know what kernel you have.  I assume you probably
>
> are not using the libre-fshoppe kernel or something since you are installing
> proprietary software.
>
> I want to say go back to a red hat (rpm)  based distro. honestly, I completely
> broke my gnewsense package management  (meaning I can't install anymore packages
>
> period)  and I really have no suggestions except reinstall the kernel.

Can you spell out what you did?  I've used Debian for years, and the
only way I've found to hose up apt-get or aptitude (which does a
better job of resolving conflicts) is to use dpkg --force-(insert
option here).     If you used the --force options of dpkg you take the
risk of hosing your system - it assumes you actually know what you're
doing and really do want to override the constraints.