What is the easiest way to create a "virtual package" in debian?
My problem: I have compiled/installed mysql from source and now need to tell other packages that mysql is already installed (otherwise they will also try to install mysql...). I searched the internet but did not find a quick answer to this question.
And is there an easy command to tell aptitude to install something, but exclude a specific required library/dependency (like mysql). This would be another way to solve the problem.
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Install and use the debian package named equivs.
... Another use is to circumvent dependency checking: by letting dpkg think a particular package name and version is installed when it isn't
man equivs-build
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Look up checkinstall; after building from source, it creates .deb packages that can be installed via dpkg, thereby creating an entry in the APT database.
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If equivs cant help due conflicts.
For example viber.deb requires libcurl3
, but OS have libcurl4
. Cant install virtual libcurl3 because of libcurl4 conflict on it.
Use force like dpkg -i --force-dependency viber.deb
.
Then edit /var/lib/dpkg/status
and fix Depends:
line at Package: viber
section.
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