Re: apt-get new helixcode gnome

["Eric G . Miller" <egm2@jps.net>]

On Sun, Jun 04, 2000 at 11:24:43AM -0700, Michael Perry wrote:
> Hi all-
> 
> I made an attempt to apt-get the latest gnome stuff by alterting the
> /etc/sources.list file to reflect the spidermonkey site as contained off of
> www.helixcode.com.  This system I want to upgrade started life as a slink
> system.  I never did the apt-get dist upgrade on it but things have changed
> quite a bit since I initially built it.  It now claims to be potato when it
> boots.  So its kind of a mix of things. 

You should probably dist-upgrade to potato.  The new gnome stuff wants
the newer libc6 among other things.

> When I run the apt-get install task-helixcode-gnome, I get the following
> output:
> 
> apt-get install task-helix-gnome
> 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
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ apt is not lying!
> 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-helix-gnome: Depends: task-helix-core but it is not going to be
> installed
>                     Depends: grip but it is not going to be installed
> E: Sorry, broken packages
> 
> 
> Has anyone upgraded gnome using the manual information posted on the
> helixcode website?

Haven't done this myself...

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