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force dpkg to install the depending package even when it does not know that

the dependency is satisfied. These options should be used with extreme care,

and an understanding of the consequences. All of these interdependency issues

are dealt with by an interface to dpkg called dselect, described in the dselect

section starting on page 47.

The following discussion will cover all of the options that can be specified when

using dpkg focusing on how to use them. All of the information contained here

is available in  sparse  form by executing dpkg  h |less. Each of those options

will be described in as much detail as possible in the following section.