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Re: apt-get trying to downgrade a package version?



Hello

Ian Silvester (<yan@b13.net>) wrote:

> On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 21:46:41 +0200, Andreas Janssen
> <andreas.janssen@bigfoot.com> wrote:

>> 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?
> 
> I obtained it via the ACPI HOWTO - there is a link in it to a .deb
> which is a Woody kernel + ACPI.
>
> [...]
> 
>> libc6 2.2.5-11 is the version from woody, 2.3.1 is newer.
> 
> I begin to understand my problem; APT does not like finding a newer
> libc6. This is a laptop installation, where power management is a
> must. The APM built into Woody was inadequate; all signs pointed
> toward ACPI.
> 
> I guess the question now becomes; how to I convince APT to accept a
> newer libc6? Is that possible? Would the 'clean', 'update', upgrade'
> or dist- upgrade' options help me? Having read the man pages I am
> loath to run them without another individual suggesting that it would
> be a good idea!

The acpi package was not built for your system. It probably was built
for testing or unstable. Replacing a basic package like libc6 would not
be a good idea. Instead, try to find an acpi package that was built for
libc6 in woody, for example at <http://www.apt-get.org>, or see if you
can recompile the package from source.

bets regards
        Andreas Janssen

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