Is there a way to pass flags to dpkg (such as `--force-overwrite`) with Synaptic?

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I still use Synaptic for package management, and I'd like to be able to pass arguments such as '--force-overwrite', to avoid certain errors.

Is this possible?

No, synaptic does not give you that level of granular control over dpkg itself. — Thomas Ward, Nov 08 '20 at 03:16
To be sure you have to check the real action and purpose of Settings → Set Internal Option (check man-page and source code. — N0rbert, Nov 08 '20 at 07:48
@N0rbert this is the option that came to mind, but the man page doesn't give further details about what those 'internal options' are. — RolandiXor, Nov 09 '20 at 04:09

p.co · Accepted Answer · 2024-01-21T17:36:45.323

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*** Edit 2024 Jan 21 - Seems not to be work anymore as of latest Ubuntu updates ***

Here is what seems to work in "Set an internal option":

Variable: Dpkg::option
Value: "--force-overwrite"

See picture in link.

The syntax follows the way apt-get passes options to dpkg. (See: Force apt-get to overwrite file installed by another package)

edited Jan 21 '24 at 17:36

answered Nov 09 '23 at 20:16

p.co

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