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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.
> -- 
> Lane
> ----
> Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia USA
> ----
> Getting where I want to be with Corel Linux
> 
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