Re: qemu-kvm - can't get it to install

[Michael Tokarev <mjt@tls.msk.ru>]

On 28.02.2012 14:31, Alexander Wirt wrote:
> Phil Reynolds schrieb am Dienstag, den 28. Februar 2012:
> 
>> I am trying to install qemu-kvm from backports but cannot get it to
>> work. It is complaining that the version of vgabios in backports is too
>> old - ~ seemingly being less than nothing, and qemu-kvm requiring at
>> least vgabios 0.6c-3.
>  vgabios | 0.6c-3~bpo60+1 | backports/squeeze | source, all
> 
> The dependcy is wrong, it should be 0.6c-3~. 

Indeed, I corrected it yesterday, and, among other changes, uploaded
a new version to unstable.

I'm sorry for this silly mistake on my part.

>> I am prepared to remove other packages that conflict to get this
>> installed, but this seems to be a broken dependency within backports.
>>
>> Please let me know how to proceed.
> You have to wait for a fix. 

Or just install vgabios from testing/wheezy for now -- it is a
self-contained package.

Thanks,

/mjt