Re: Failure to install xombrero on Wheezy due to unmet dependencies.

[Salman Mohammadi <salman@ubuntu.ir>]

On 11/22/2014 08:37 PM, Jim Murphy wrote:
> Hi backporters,
>
> OS:  Debian Wheezy 7.7
> Hardware:  x86_64 notebook
>
> I'm currently running xxxterm out of Debian stable/wheezy repository.  
> I was hoping to install xombrero to take advantage of the newer 
> features.  While trying to install xombrero(2:1.6.3-1~bpo70+1) from 
> the backports repository I encountered the following error:
>
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>  xombrero : Depends: libgnutls-deb0-28 (>= 3.3.0) but it is not going 
> to be installed
>
> I checked the packages and found libgnutls-deb0-28 and it was at 
> version 3.3.8-4~bpo70+1.  Upon trying to install libgnutls-deb0-28 
> manually I encountered the following error:
>
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>  libgnutls-deb0-28 : Depends: libhogweed2 (>= 2.7) but 2.4-3 is to be 
> installed
>                      Depends: libnettle4 (>= 2.7) but 2.4-3 is to be 
> installed
>                      Depends: libp11-kit0 (>= 0.20.7) but 0.12-3 is to 
> be installed
>
> All three packages(libhogweed2, libnettle4 and libp11-kit0) are only 
> available at the lower version levels from Debian stable/wheezy 
> repository.  Unless i missed a repository entry(could not find with 
> google), I'm assuming I'm at a dead end or would need to install 
> Jessie/frozen to get around the problem.
>
> Can anyone confirm or offer a resolution to this issue?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help anyone can offer.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Jim
Hi Jim,

I had no problem in installing this package. How were you trying to 
install it? Use the following command, and tell us if you encountered a 
problem.

$ sudo aptitude --target-release wheezy-backports install xombrero

Best,
Salman