On Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 06:01:39PM +0000, Digby Tarvin wrote: > Further to the loss of 'xv', 'xearth' and 'xlock' after my recent > 'apt-get dist-upgrade' of my etch system.... > > I tried adding > deb http://ftp.debian-unofficial.org/debian etch main contrib non-free restricted > > To my '/etc/apt/sources.list', and this does give me an 'xv' package to > try to install. However when I attempt to do so I get: > fujitsu:/etc/apt# apt-get install xv > 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 > 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: > > The following packages have unmet dependencies. > xv: Depends: libx11-6 but it is not going to be installed > E: Broken packages > > Which looks reasonable enough if there is an unsatisfied dependency, > but > fujitsu:/etc/apt# apt-get install libx11-6 > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree... Done > libx11-6 is already the newest version. > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 14 not upgraded. > > Which leaves me thinking that apt-get hasn't really provided a > sufficient explanation of why the installation couldn't be > completed? well again, this *is* a package outside the official repositories so... > > Could it be that the message is just misleading and it really meant > that libx11-6 is an incompatable version rather than simply not > installed?? probably. use apt-cache show xv | grep Depends and compare it to apt-cache policy libx11-6 for definitive information. > > If it is a library version problem, then I assume the best > solution is to find and install a debian source package for > this application? if you can get source, then that's prbably you're best bet. A
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