How do I get apt-get to ignore some dependencies?

Simple and easy solution: just specify the unwanted packages with an extra – after each of them. Example without the – switch: root@debian:~# apt-get install bsd-mailx Reading package lists… Done Building dependency tree Reading state information… Done The following extra packages will be installed: exim4-base exim4-config exim4-daemon-light liblockfile-bin liblockfile1 […] Example using the switch to … Read more

Dependency Walker: missing dlls

These are API-sets – essentially, an extra level of call indirection introduced gradually since windows 7. Dependency walker development seemingly halted long before that, and it can’t handle API sets properly. So these are all false alarms and nothing to worry about. You’re not missing anything. Also see On API-MS-WIN-XXXXX.DLL, and Other Dependency Walker Glitches. … Read more

node.js TypeError: path must be absolute or specify root to res.sendFile [failed to parse JSON]

The error is pretty clear, you need to specify an absolute (instead of relative) path and/or set root in the config object for res.sendFile(). Examples: or specify a root (which is used as the base path for the first argument to res.sendFile(): Specifying the root path is more useful when you’re passing a user-generated file path which could potentially contain malformed/malicious … Read more