broken dependencies...
Hi,
I'm running unstable, and I get the following when I try to install
dpkg-dev:
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mips:~# apt-get install dpkg-dev
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... 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:
dpkg-dev: Depends: perl5
Depends: perl-modules but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages
mips:~#
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Ok, trying to install perl5 and perl-modules:
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mips:~# apt-get install perl5 perl-modules
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Package perl5 is a virtual package provided by:
perl 5.8.0-18
You should explicitly select one to install.
E: Package perl5 has no installation candidate
mips:~#
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perl is installed:
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mips:~# perl -v
This is perl, v5.8.0 built for mipsel-linux-thread-multi
Copyright 1987-2002, Larry Wall
Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or the
GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source kit.
Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on
this system using `man perl' or `perldoc perl'. If you have access to the
Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.com/, the Perl Home Page.
mips:~#
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Trying perl-modules:
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mips:~# apt-get install perl-modules
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... 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:
perl-modules: Depends: perl (>= 5.8.1-1) but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages
mips:~#
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Trying to install perl:
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mips:~# apt-get install perl
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... 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:
perl: Depends: perl-modules (>= 5.8.0-18) but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages
mips:~#
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Perl related things that are installed:
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mips:~# dpkg -l | grep perl
rc hyperlatex 2.5-4 Creating HTML using LaTeX documents.
ii libperl5.6 5.6.1-8.3 Shared Perl library.
ii libperl5.8 5.8.0-18 Shared Perl library.
ii perl-base 5.8.0-18 The Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister.
mips:~#
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What is wrong?
regards,
chris
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