Re: uninstallable despite satisfying dependencies
On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 10:03:16PM -0500, Steve M. Robbins wrote:
> How do I debug this situation: ipe won't install, yet I have the
> dependencies that "apt-get install" complains about.
> Below, you will see that my attempt to install libipe1c2a claims to
> have three unmet dependencies. However, as you see by "dpkg --list",
> I *do* have these three packages at a version that seemingly satisfies
> the dependencies.
> What gives?
> root@riemann{~}apt-get install libipe1c2a
> 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.
> Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
> the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
> that package should be filed.
> The following information may help to resolve the situation:
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
> libipe1c2a: Depends: libfreetype6 (>= 2.2) but it is not going to be installed
> Depends: libqt4-core (>= 4.2.3) but it is not going to be installed
> Depends: libqt4-gui (>= 4.2.3) but it is not going to be installed
> E: Broken packages
Usually you can get a more sensible explanation out of apt-get by telling it
to install all the packgaes together:
# apt-get install libipe1c2a libfreetype6 libqt4-core libqt4-gui
[...]
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libipe1c2a: Conflicts: libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.2) but 2.3.5-1 is to be
installed
E: Broken packages
[...]
Cheers,
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