On 2009-12-14 16:48 +0100, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
I got this:
/home/hugoMon Dec 14-09:43:31HDC5# apt-get install iceweasel
Don't use apt-get if you intend to obtain helpful error messages.
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
<rant> No, of course it does not help! </rant>¹
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
iceweasel: Depends: xulrunner-1.9.1 but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages
Please run "aptitude -s install iceweasel" and see what solutions and
diagnostics, if any, aptitude offers.
Sven
¹ To be clear: this rant is not against you, but is meant for the apt
developers who apparently cannot be bothered to explain *why* a
package "is not going to be installed".