Re: Apt-get Confusion
Have you tried 'apt-get -f install', I've had similar problems also and
apt-get -f install solves most...
Ron
On Sun, 20 Feb 2000, Lane Lester wrote:
>
> According to the apt-get man page:
> install
> install is followed by one or more packages desired
> for installation. Each package is a package name,
> not a fully qualified filename (for instance, in a
> Debian GNU/Linux system, ldso would be the argument
> provided, not ldso_1.9.6-2.deb). All packages
> required by the package(s) specified for installa
> tion will also be retrieved and installed.
>
> I must be doing something wrong, because the last sentence above is
> not true for me. All apt-get does is tell me what's missing:
> CorelLinux:/home/llester# apt-get install ripple
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> Sorry, ripple is already the newest version
> You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these:
> Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies:
> ripple: Depends: libaudiofile0 but it is not installed
> Depends: libesd-alsa0 (>= 0.2.16) but it is not installed
> Depends: libggi2 (> 1:1.99.2.0b2.1) but it is not installed
> Depends: libgii0 (> 1:0.6) but it is not installed
> Depends: libsdl1.0 but it is not installed
> E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or
> specify a solution).
>
> I did run apt-get update before the above. The above example is not
> unique; I almost always get the same kind of report. And when I try
> to install the missing items, there's always something wrong with
> that: incomplete filename, wrong filename, etc.
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> Lane
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> Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia USA
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> Getting where I want to be with Corel Linux
>
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