I'm trying to run a program (gyach) which depends on libgtkhtml-2.so.0 I just can't figure out what to apt-get to meet this dependency. Can anyone help me out?

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hehe, thats pretty cool...

try and if you're trying to compile something also do

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hey twinkers, I recommend that you should never install programs from the testing area to your stable install because programs in the testing version of debian have dependencies that have dependencies that you have but are not the correct version- usually the one that you have is "outdated" according to the testing packages. I figure out that when you tell dpkg to ignore some dependencies, the new versions of those dependencies, it will install fine. Unless by "cross installing" from testing to stable you will be chasing dependencies forever, well maybe not forever ever but a long time I'm sure.

There is no problem with testing version of debian. It's just taboo to "cross install" all willy-nilly.


so to make dpkg ignore dependencies of new packages:

dpkg --ignore-depends=name_of_pesky_dependency --ignore-depends=name_of_second_pesky_dep --install package-file.deb

you can ignore plenty of installed "outdated" packages. dpkg is a robust tool and good for tinkering, twinkers.

that is what I do when I am dare to "cross install". Is that a word, cross-install?

I wasn't aware that I was a "run-time library" that was a dependency that 'gyach' wanted. You can do '/Path_to_the_program/base-config' as root and then when you get to the package selection screen you select libgtkhtml to install it or any package(s) that have a similar name. dselect will put it where gyach can find it- I think in your '/lib'.