Re: Can't install gnome-desktop-environment
On Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:20:30 -0500
Matt Harrison <matt.harrison82@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 9:16 AM, Cybe R. Wizard
> <cybe_r_wizard@earthlink.net> wrote:
> > Attempting to install gnome-desktop-environment gets me:
> >
> > gnome-desktop-environment:
> > Depends: gnome-core but it is not going to be installed
> > Depends: alacarte but it is not going to be installed
> > Depends: cheese but it is not going to be installed
> > Depends: deskbar-applet but it is not going to be installed
> > Depends: gdm3 but it is not going to be installed or
> > fast-user-switch-applet (>= 2.24)
> > Depends: gconf-editor but it is not going to be installed
> > Depends: gnome-system-tools but it is not going to be installed
> > Depends: seahorse-plugins but it is not going to be installed
> > Depends: totem-plugins but it is not going to be installed
> > Depends: libgnome2-perl but it is not going to be installed
> > Recommends: gnome-accessibility but it is not going to be installed
> > Recommends: gnome-games but it is not going to be installed
> >
> > ...which isn't very forthcoming with information as to why it isn't
> > installable. Does anyone have any clues or methods I might use to
> > install?
> >
> > I've run into this quite a bit in trying to install various things
> > and can't quite grasp the why.
> >
> > Cybe
>
> Are you running Stable, Testing, or Unstable?
>
> What does your /etc/apt/sources.list file look like?
>
> If you are running Testing or Unstable, from my experience, meta
> packages are broken from time to time due to the constant changing of
> individual packages...such as the devs uploading one package that is
> newer than the rest so the meta breaks until they upload the entire
> group.
>
Sorry for the omission; I'm running stable. Here's my sources.list:
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###### Debian Main Repos
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free
###### Debian Update Repos
deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main contrib non-free
#### Debian Backports - http://backports.debian.org/
# deb http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports/ squeeze-backports
main
#### Opera .deb Repository - http://deb.opera.com/
deb http://deb.opera.com/opera/ squeeze non-free
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I'm keeping backports disabled until I sort this out. Is that a
mistake?
Cybe R. Wizard
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