Re: installation fails with taskel 2.31

[Christian Mack <mack_kn@gmx.de>]

nidr wrote:
>> Oh, thx for the answer. Found this:
>>
>> dpkg: dependeny problems prevent configuration of tasksel:
>> tasksel depends on laptop-detect; however:
>> Package laptop-detect is not installed.
>> dpkg: error processing tasksel (--configure):
>> dependency problems - leaving uncofigured
>>
>> So I guess I should try to innstall laptop-detect.
>> Will try that later this week!
> 
> Well, that led me to just another question: how to mark a package for
> installation?
> You see, I've added the 0.12.1 version of laptop-detect to my pool directory
> and updated my Packages and md5sum.txt files. But I still get the same
> error.
> 
> Shouldn't laptop-detect automatically get installed if it's available and
> requested? Since my Packages file says Tasksel depends on it..

Hi nidr

Did you try to install just package "laptop-detect" with:
# apt-get install laptop-detect

Or did you try to install again via tasksel?

Bye
Christian