version number does not start with digit
Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2012 7:34 am
Hi everybody,
I've been trying to install XnViewMP .deb on my Ubuntu system.
The result was this error as I tried to run 'sudo dpkg -i XnView_MP026_all.deb':
"error in Version string 'MP026': version number does not start with digit"
according to this forum https://answers.launchpad.net/launchpad ... on/147533/
"The policy has always been that way, but dpkg started enforcing it now."
To enforce installation I've used
sudo dpkg --force-all -i XnView_MP026_all.deb
but probably it would be better to fix that version number
Regards,
Ale
I've been trying to install XnViewMP .deb on my Ubuntu system.
The result was this error as I tried to run 'sudo dpkg -i XnView_MP026_all.deb':
"error in Version string 'MP026': version number does not start with digit"
according to this forum https://answers.launchpad.net/launchpad ... on/147533/
"The policy has always been that way, but dpkg started enforcing it now."
To enforce installation I've used
sudo dpkg --force-all -i XnView_MP026_all.deb
but probably it would be better to fix that version number

Regards,
Ale