Re: Unidentified subject! (libncurses5 unmet deps)

[keltik <keltik@autistici.org>]

Martin Hjort Eriksen ha scritto:
> Hello
>
> I'm noop at installing Hurd.
>
> I am using crosshurd to install Hurd with my Debian system, and getting the
> following error, after the packagelist is downloaded:
>
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>   ncurses-base: Depends: libncurses5 (>= 5.4-5) but 5.4-4 is to be installed
> E: Broken packages
>
> The sites it's getting the package list from is:
> Get:1 http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/main Packages [2223kB]
> Get:2 http://ftp.gnuab.org unreleased/main Packages [61.8kB]
> Hit http://ftp.gnuab.org unreleased/main Release
> Get:3 http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/main Release [87B]
>
> How do I get past this problem?

i had the same problem using sid repositories (libncurses5 (5.4.6).

i solved with this workaround:

apt-get source crosshurd
apt-get build-dep crosshurd
apt-get source crosshurd --compile
dpkg -i crosshurd_1.7.18_all.deb

it worked fine for me so hope it helps



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