apt-get wants to Downgrade some packages

Sometimes a packages needs another one to install so as well as forcing you could also check with:
apt-get -s -b --ignore-hold install cloop-utils
This will tell you if it needs any new packages, then add the new packages to the line until it goes through like:
cd /var/cache/apt/archives
dpkg -i --force-all cloop-utils........deb another_package..........deb

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Originally Posted by Durand Hicks

Umm, I should have explained the cloops-utils-version#_i386.deb, where you should replace the words version# with the actual version number of the package you are trying to force overwrite. Look in /var/cache/apt/archives to find the package and force overwrite from that directory.

HTH,

Durand

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or download the latest package manually.

you must remember, knoppix isnt fully debian-compattible. thats why upgrading gives problems. kanotix is a knoppix-variant which tries to be knoppix for hdinstall. as much as possible debian-compattible. this might help...

and you might use synaptic for fixing some of the problems, too.