Tim Wilson <wilson at visi.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 24 Jan 2002, Dave Sherohman wrote:
> 
> > 1) apt-get -f install
> > 
> > 2) dpkg --force-help
> 
> I've tried both of these, but no joy. I've been trying to get my
> 'apt-get upgrade' to work and this is what I'm getting:

you might try `dpkg --purge --force-all <package' on a package, and then
re-install it (either with apt-get, or just by doing `dpkg -i
/var/cache/apt/archives/<blah>'

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