Re: Installing X

[Designer <wireless@tampabay.rr.com>]

Matthias Szupryczynski wrote:

aahh...

apt-setup and apt-update are gone

is there some method of starting the installation over, partially?


James


> 
> On Mon, 2002-09-02 at 15:41, Designer wrote:
> > You might want to tun 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
> > Sorry, but the following pacakages have unmet depencencies:
> > gettext: Depends: gettext-el but it is not going to be installed
> > x-window-system: Depends: twm but it is not going to be installed
> > Depends: xnest but it is not going to be installed
> >       : xspecs        "
> >       : xterm         "
> >       : xvfb          "
> >
> >
> > Now when I try        'apt-get -f install'
> >
> > It tells me that 18 packages not fully installed and I need to get
> > 0B/41.8kB
> >
> > I answer [Y]   but it fails????
> >
> > Any ideas?
> 
> It is possible that you do not have the needed entries in your
> /etc/apt/sources.list file, in that case the system would be unable to
> download the needed packages.
> 
> Try running apt-setup and pick a mirror next to you, run apt-update
> after that and try dselect again.
> 
> Matt
> 
> --
> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-laptop-request@lists.debian.org
> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org