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coldspark

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Registered: 2020-02-12

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How to best manage legacy dependencies of packages?

I want to install OwnCloud on my Arch installation and it has php version 7 as a dependency. php7 is available as a signed package, but owncloud expects it to be called php.

How can I force pacman to install it under that name? Or what is the preferred way?

Last edited by coldspark (2021-07-06 18:21:15)

coldspark

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Registered: 2020-02-12

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Re: How to best manage legacy dependencies of packages?

Ah I guess create symlinks like this https://archlinux.org/news/php-80-and-p … available/

Lone_Wolf

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Registered: 2005-10-04

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Re: How to best manage legacy dependencies of packages?

Those symlinks will cause problems with applications that expect latest php (8.08 -1 atm) .

Better doublecheck if you have those installed .

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