Re: apt-get trying to downgrade a package version?
Hello
Ian Silvester (<yan@b13.net>) wrote:
> I am running Woody with a 2.4.20 kernel and acpi installed.
>
> When I try to install kppp or am-utils (for example) using Package
> Manager or apt-get, I get the following error:
>
> Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies:
> acpi: Depends: libc6 (>=2.3.1-1) but 2.2.5-11.5 is to be installed
> E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or
> specify a solution).
The acpi package was not built for woody. Where does it come from? Are
you using apt-pinning? Do you have entries for testing/unstable in your
sources.list? libc6 2.2.5-11 is the version from woody, 2.3.1 is newer.
best regards
Andreas Janssen
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