Re: SID : Kernel Headers Dependency Issue

[Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>]

On Fri, Dec 02, 2005 at 04:30:53AM +0000, Robin Edwards wrote:
> Went to compile a new 2.6 kernel from scratch today.  when i did:
> 
> apt-get install kernel-headers

What are you trying to do ? You don't need the kernel-headers to compile a
kernel from scratch, my guess is that you want to :

  apt-get install linux-2.6

> i got this:
> 
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>   kernel-headers: Depends: kernel-headers-2.6 but it is not going to
> be installed
> E: Broken packages

If you really want the headers, try :

  apt-get install linux-headers-2.6.14-2-powerpc[64]

Friendly,

Sven Luther