on wed feb NUMBER NUMBER at NUMBER NUMBER NUMBERpm NUMBER peter peltonen wrote two issues snip sorry but the following packages have unmet dependencies openssh depends openssl NUMBER NUMBER NUMBERa but NUMBER NUMBER NUMBERb NUMBER is installed php pgsql depends postgresql but it is not installed depends libpq so NUMBER e unmet dependencies try using f snip NUMBER i have the following openssl packages installed snip openssl perl NUMBER NUMBER NUMBERb NUMBER openssl NUMBER NUMBER NUMBERb NUMBER opensslNUMBERa NUMBER NUMBER NUMBERa NUMBER openssl devel NUMBER NUMBER NUMBERb NUMBER snip the opensslNUMBERa package should provide the openssl NUMBER NUMBER NUMBERa compatibility but apt doesn t think so i believe that s just a matter of string parsing if someone were to fix the openssh package removing the explicit requires i believe the automagic binary handler would figure the right libraries to use and install i haven t met an openssh like that and in worst case i ve had NUMBER different openssl libraries wtf can t they just bump a major version if it s incompatible NUMBER i have postgresql installed from the source so that s why i need php pgsql is there a way to tell apt about packages i don t want it to complain about i have a few such things with jdk imlib kernel dri version something and ive just made dummy packages with verbose warning attached that explicitly provide those capabilities or claim to that is if you only want to go NUMBER miles can you begin with a halfstep 