Re: apt upgrade has "unresolvable dependencies"

["Edward C. Jones" <edcjones@comcast.net>]

Robert Vangel wrote:

> Edward C. Jones wrote:
>
> > I am using Debian sid on a 386 architecture. I tried to upgrade apt 
> > 0.5.28.1 to 0.5.28.2 using synaptic. I get a message about 
> > unresolvable dependencies:
> >
> > apt:
> >  Depends: libgcc1 >= 1:4.0 but 1:3.4.3-9 is to be installed
> >
> > My system already has libgcc1 1:3.4.3-9 installed. I am new at Debian 
> > so I ask naively: What does one do in situations like this?
>
> It means that apt required libgcc1-4.0 or later, but currently on your 
> system 3.4.3-9 is installed.
>
> Try `apt-get install libgcc1' on its own and report back what you get.

ROOT> apt-get install libgcc1
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
libgcc1 is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.