Hi, Am Sonntag, den 16.11.2014, 18:29 -0600 schrieb Christopher Reichert: > On Sun, Nov 16 2014, Joachim Breitner <nomeata@debian.org> wrote: > > Am Sonntag, den 16.11.2014, 10:38 -0600 schrieb Christopher Reichert: > >> I also use the latest build from time to time and in the past it has > >> installed and upgraded without issue. I just got a new laptop and added > >> the following to my /etc/apt/sources.list file (I'm on unstable): > > > > The problem might be that you are on oldstable, and these packages are > > built for stable – although there is libffi5-3.0.9 in oldstable. What > > does "apt-get install libffi5" say? > > > > Do you mean unstable? If not, I might be a bit confused. It does make > sense that I would have issues if they are built for stable, however. No, I mean stable. There should be no trace of unstable anywhere here, should there? > That said, there does seem to be some evidence of a libffi5. Here is the > output: > > ------ console output ------- > # apt-get install libffi5 > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > Package libffi5 is not available, but is referred to by another package. > This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or > is only available from another source > > E: Package 'libffi5' has no installation candidate > > # apt-cache show libffi5 > N: Can't select versions from package 'libffi5' as it is purely virtual > N: No packages found > ------ console output ------- That is weird. Shouldn’t you get the package from https://packages.debian.org/squeeze/libffi5 if you are on oldstable? What is your /etc/apt/sources.list? > My other computer (unstable), which I configured the same way as my > laptop, has libffi5-3.0.10-3 is installed but it's possible I was able > to install it some time ago. That is likely a left-over from wheezy; there is no libffi5 in unstable any more: https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=libffi5&searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all§ion=all Greetings, Joachim -- Joachim "nomeata" Breitner Debian Developer nomeata@debian.org | ICQ# 74513189 | GPG-Keyid: F0FBF51F JID: nomeata@joachim-breitner.de | http://people.debian.org/~nomeata
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