From: Andrei Popescu on
On Vi, 30 iul 10, 18:36:38, Patrick Wiseman wrote:
> Hello, all:
>
> I installed the amd54 Ubuntu deb of nautilus-dropbox. In order to do
> that, I had to override a dependency problem:
>
> dpkg --force-depends-version -i nautilus-dropbox_0.6.3_amd64.deb
> (Reading database ... 230573 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace nautilus-dropbox 0.6.3 (using
> nautilus-dropbox_0.6.3_amd64.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement nautilus-dropbox ...
> dpkg: nautilus-dropbox: dependency problems, but configuring anyway as
> you requested:
> nautilus-dropbox depends on libnautilus-extension1 (>= 1:2.22.2); however:
> Version of libnautilus-extension1 on system is 2.30.1-1.
> Setting up nautilus-dropbox (0.6.3) ...
>
> Evidently the lib-nautilus package in testing is actually OK, being
> later than the one expected, which is why I felt confident in forcing
> the install.

I would not feel so confident in forcing dependencies on a package meant
to handle my files... You probably have a very good backup strategy,
including checking for corruption and such.

Regards,
Andrei
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