Re: [Hamm Install] package dependency problems
Francois Gouget wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I downloaded Hamm last night from fp.mi.us.debian.org and I got quite
> a lot of package download problems. Packages that seem to have moved
> between the ime I selected them and the time I downloaded them.
>
> Anyway, I have a lot of package problems, 58 packages are in the state
> iU, i.e. installed but not configured. I could at least identify the
> following problems:
>
> * the first problem has to do with perl. I have the package perl-base
> installed but apache which depends on 'perl' claims that perl is not
> installed. And in fact 'perl-base' does not provide 'perl'. But it
> 'Replaces: perl', 'Suggests: perl' and 'Conflicts: perl (<<
> 5.004.04-2)'. I tried to find another package that would provide 'perl'
> but did not find any. To me it looks like there is a screw-up in the
> package dependencies/information.
>
> perl-base 5.004.04-6
> apache 1.3b6-3
>
> * ddd-smotif depends on 'libg++27'. Fair enough. I installed the
> package 'libg++27' (Opt oldlibs libg++27). But this package provides
> 'libg++' not the one I expected. I could not find anything that ould
> povide 'libg++27'.
>
> Packages depending on 'libg++27'
> staroffice3 3.1-8
> rvplayer 1:5.0-2
> ddd-dmotif 2.2.3-2
> libg++2.8-dev 2.90.29-0.3
> ddd-smotif 2.2.3-2
> circus 0.43-1
> libg++27-altdev 2.7.2.1-14.4
> netscape4 4.0-12
> Related packages:
> libg++272-dev 2.7.2.8-0.1 provides libg++-dev
> libg++2.8 2.90.29-0.3 provides libg++
> libg++2.8-dev 2.90.29-0.3 provides libg++-dev
> libg++27 2.7.2.1-14.4 provides libg++
> libg++272-dbg 2.7.2.8-0.1 provides libg++272
>
> * I'm not sure apache should depend on perl. I know we have apache
> installed on a Solaris machine were there is no perl. Sometimes when
> doing a first install it feels like every other package requires some
> other package that you (I) have not yet installed (and don't really
> want to install but...). This is typically things like perl, perl
> extensions, tcl, tk...
>
> * These problems seem to have blocked the installation of tcl8.0,
> tk8.0 which I could 'dpkg --configure' manually without problem. Why ?
>
> --
> Francois Gouget
> fgouget@mygale.org -- http://www.mygale.org/~fgouget/
>
About ddd: The ddd you are trying to use is an old one which has been
replaced by the 'ddd' (not ddd-smotif or ddd-dmotif) package. The new one
is in slink (I think) and relies on the lesstif package (instead of motif).
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Ed
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