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Re: GNOME meta-package broken in Testing ?



On Monday 24 April 2006 06:39, Liam O'Toole wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Apr 2006 15:13:01 +0530
>
> "Toufeeq Hussain" <toufeeqh@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm facing this probelm in Etch.
> > I installed Debian(Desktop) using the Sarge CD. Migrated apt to
> > testing and upgraded all packages.GNOME however did not upgrade.
> >
> > I tried upgrading GNOME with :
> > apt-get install gnome-desktop-environment but got the following error.
> >
> > ===
> > 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:
> >
> > The following packages have unmet dependencies:
> >   gnome-desktop-environment: Depends: gnome-core (= 1:2.12.3) but 64
> > is to be installed
> >                              Depends: evolution (>= 2.4.1) but it is
> > not going to be installed
> > E: Broken packages
> >
> > Can anyone point me to the BUG which corresponds to this probelm or a
> > resolution ?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Toufeeq
> > --
> > blog @ http://toufeeq.blogspot.com
>
> The current versions of gnome-core and evolution in Etch are 2.12.3 and
> 2.4.2.1-2, respectively. So the dependencies should be satisfied.
>
> Please check the file /etc/apt/sources.list, run 'apt-get update', and
> try again.
>
> If it still does not work, run 'apt-get dist-upgrade -s' (note the
> final '-s') and post the output.
>
> --
>
> Liam

Also try using aptitude instead, sometimes apt doesn't work right for an odd 
reason, but aptitude is okay and is installed by default in sarge (so it 
should still be there.)

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