Re: Can't get out of dependency resolution in dselect

[Stephen <dallan@rogers.com>]

On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 12:42:58PM -0500 or thereabouts, Michael D. Crawford wrote:
> I have a PowerPC testing system.
> 
> I just updated today, and now whenever I try to install any software, 
> dselect keeps wanting me to resolve dependencies.  Eventually I get down to 
> where it lists two packages, mozilla-browser and mozilla-xmlterm.  After 
> that, no matter what I do, I can't get dselect to think the dependencies 
> are satisfied.  The only escape is to control-c to kill dselect, so I can't 
> really use dselect anymore.
> 
> If I select mozilla-browser in dselect's resolution dialog, down below it 
> says:
> 
> mozilla-browser suggests xprt-xprintorg
> mozilla-xmlterm depends on mozilla-browser (= 1.0.0-0.woody.1)
> 
> note that xprt-xprintorg is not listed in the dependency resolution dialog. 
> I have mozilla 1.0.0-0.woody.1 installed.
> 
> If I select mozilla-xmlterm in the list, down below it says:
> 
> mozilla-xmlterm depends on mozilla-browser (= 1.0.0-0.woody.1)
> 
> Pressing return to exit the dialog just brings me back into the dialog.

Try control-x or control-c, should work. Then I would suggest you
apt-get install xprt-xprintorg.

HTH.

-- 
Stephen