APT install package with dependency

Asked Jun 17 '16 at 11:38

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I created own debian packages with dependencies.

Package A:
Version 1.0 depends on Package B = 1.2
Version 1.1 depends on Package B = 1.2

Package B: Version: 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3

If I'm trying to install Package A with:

sudo apt-get install -f <PACKAGE A> #So the version 1.1 with B = 1.2 is picked

the following 'error-message' has been output:

Die folgenden Pakete haben unerfüllte Abhängigkeiten:
<PACKAGE A> : Hängt ab von: <PACKAGE B> (= 1.2) aber 1.3  soll installiert werden

I understand the error-message, but is there a way to bypass it? To allow to install a 'outdated' dependency?

asked Jun 17 '16 at 11:38

Daniel Eisenreich

Possible duplicate of How to install specific Ubuntu packages, with exact version? – Sylvain Pineau Jun 17 '16 at 12:23
Unfortunately not. I know how to install a custom version. My intension is to use that command out of a C++ program. I could also use apt-cache depends <PACKAGE> but there is the version missing – Daniel Eisenreich Jun 17 '16 at 12:34
Is package B 1.3 backward compatible with 1.2? if yes you could be less strict in your debian/control to depends on (>= 1.2) – Sylvain Pineau Jun 17 '16 at 12:54
No, thats the problem. – Daniel Eisenreich Jun 17 '16 at 12:57

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