Re: Dependency issues upgrading icedove to 10.0.12-1~bpo60+1
On Wed, 23 Jan 2013, Christopher David Howie wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I've been unable to upgrade to the latest version of icedove in bpo
> (10.0.12-1~bpo60+1) due to dependency issues. Google has suggested that
> other people are not having this problem, so I come here seeking help.
>
> It looks like the newer version of libcairo2 that icedove depends on
> conflicts in some way with other gnome packages; aptitude suggests that
> I either leave icedove alone, or uninstall almost every gnome-related
> package.
>
> Any pointers would be appreciated. Various command outputs follow.
>
> --------------8<--------------
> $ apt-cache policy icedove
> icedove:
> Installed: 3.1.16-1~bpo60+1
> Candidate: 10.0.12-1~bpo60+1
> Version table:
> 10.0.12-1~bpo60+1 0
> 100 http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports/
> squeeze-backports/main amd64 Packages
> 500 http://mozilla.debian.net/ squeeze-backports/icedove-esr
> amd64 Packages
> *** 3.1.16-1~bpo60+1 0
> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
> 3.0.11-1+squeeze15 0
> 500 http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates/main amd64 Packages
> 3.0.11-1+squeeze12 0
> 500 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ squeeze/main amd64 Packages
>
> $ cat /etc/apt/sources.list
> deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free
> deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free
> deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main contrib non-free
>
> deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main contrib non-free
> deb-src http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main contrib non-free
>
> deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ squeeze-updates main contrib non-free
> deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ squeeze-updates main contrib
> non-free
>
> deb http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports squeeze-backports main
> contrib non-free
> deb http://mozilla.debian.net/ squeeze-backports icedove-esr
>
> # aptitude install icedove
there is -t squeeze-backports missing. See the docs [1] for details.
Alex
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