4 ms·
The Debian packaging system only allows one version of a package to be installed at a time, as it assumes that a newer version of a package will contain substan
by duskwuff 6y ago
The Debian packaging system only allows one version of a package to be installed at a time, as it assumes that a newer version of a package will contain substantially the same files as a previous version. Versioned libraries install different files, and can be installed alongside each other.