Re: X/KDE2

[Peter Cordes <peter@llama.nslug.ns.ca>]

On Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 02:30:10PM -0700, Ken Sandell wrote:
> I want to get task-x-window-system and kde2 (by apt-getting konqeror) installed on this iMac 400mhz DV.
> 
> IT doesn't seem to be working.
> 
> I apt-got konqeror then tried to apt-get install task-x-window-system and it wont install the fruit cake.
> 
> It keeps saying xlibosmesa can't be installed bla bla error.
> 
> tHeOutfit:/home/ken# apt-get install task-x-window-system
> 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:
> 
> Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies:
>   task-x-window-system: Depends: xlibosmesa3 but it is not installable
>                         Depends: xlibosmesa-dev but it is not installable
> E: Sorry, broken packages

 What's in your sources.list, and when was the last time you did
apt-get update?

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