dpkg doesn't deal with dependencies. "apt-get" does, "aptitude" does, dpkg *doesn't*.
The same stands for rpm: rpm doesn't deal with dependencies, yum *does* (or urpmi in mandrake/mandriva distributions)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Linux Community Forums Software Installation yumError
01 Jun 12
dpkg doesn't deal with dependencies. "apt-get" does, "aptitude" does, dpkg *doesn't*.
The same stands for rpm: rpm doesn't deal with dependencies, yum *does* (or urpmi in mandrake/mandriva distributions)
16 Jun 12
@designer
If you want to fix dependency problems using dpkg run this command
#sudo dpgk --configure -a
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