Bug#346572: [mipsel] Depends on ocaml-nox-3.08.3 which cannot be installed.

[Paul Richards <paul.richards@gmail.com>]

Hi,
Thanks for all of your replies guys.. :)

So, my sources.list, (just incase):
deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib non-free

deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ stable/non-US main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ stable/non-US main contrib non-free

deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free


And when I run "apt-get install ocaml-nox":
...
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  ocaml-nox: Depends: libncurses5-dev but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages

Following on I try "apt-get install libncurses5-dev"
...
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  libncurses5-dev: Depends: libncurses5 (= 5.4-4) but 5.4-9 is to be installed
E: Broken packages

[at this point the penny drops]
A while ago I wanted a package which wasn't yet in stable, so I
temporarily set my sources.list to point to testing, installed the
package, then switched back my sources.  During that switch however
ncurses5-5.4-9 was installed.  Ocaml is just unluckily the first
package I've hit in stable which has conflicted.

I have now manually downloaded and installed the ncurses5-5.4-4 debs,
ran "apt-get -f install" to remove the offending package that needed
4-9, and I'm fixed. :)

I may manually download the deb for the package in testing that I want
and force it in somehow.  Either that or build it from source.

Anyway, thank you for your help.  And I apologise for wasting your
time with a problem unrelated to ocaml.


On 09/01/06, Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de> wrote:
> * Paul Richards:
>
> > Attempting to install 'ocaml' on current debian stable fails due to
> > broken packages.
>
> > The following packages have unmet dependencies:
> >   ocaml: Depends: ocaml-nox-3.08.3
> >   E: Broken packages
>
> What does "apt-get install ocaml-nox" print, or "apt-get install
> ocaml-nox-3.08.3"?
>
> (The sarge Packages file for mipsel looks fine.)
>


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Paul Richards