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unstable: problems installing GNOME



Something I upgraded this w/end appeared to cause GNOME or xorg (X?) to hang frequently so I attempted a new install of GNOME and all was going well until the below which I can't work out how to progress past - all ideas welcome. Thanks, Michael

Script started on Mon 24 Sep 2007 19:37:02 BST
19:37:02 ~$ sudo apt-get update
Password:


0% [Working]

0% [Logging in]

Hit ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org unstable Release.gpg


16% [Working]

Get: 1 ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org unstable/main Translation-en_GB


16% [1 Translation-en_GB 0]

Ign ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org unstable/main Translation-en_GB


33% [Working]

Get: 2 ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org unstable/non-free Translation-en_GB


33% [2 Translation-en_GB 0]

Ign ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org unstable/non-free Translation-en_GB


50% [Working]

Get: 3 ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org unstable/contrib Translation-en_GB


50% [3 Translation-en_GB 0]

Ign ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org unstable/contrib Translation-en_GB


66% [Working]

Hit ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org unstable Release

66% [Working]

66% [Release gpgv 79562]

99% [Working]

Hit ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org unstable/main Packages/DiffIndex

99% [Working]

Hit ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org unstable/non-free Packages/DiffIndex

99% [Working]

Hit ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org unstable/contrib Packages/DiffIndex


100% [Working]


Reading package lists... 0%

Reading package lists... 100%

Reading package lists... Done

19:37:13 ~$ sudo apt-get updateinstall gnome- creore

Reading package lists... 0%

Reading package lists... 100%

Reading package lists... Done


Building dependency tree... 0%

Building dependency tree... 0%

Building dependency tree... 50%

Building dependency tree... 50%

Building dependency tree


Reading state information... 0%

Reading state information... 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.
gnome-core: Depends: gedit (>= 2.18.1) but it is not going to be installed Depends: gnome-applets (>= 2.18.0) but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages
19:37:23 ~$ sudo apt-get install gnome-core [Kedit

Reading package lists... 0%

Reading package lists... 100%

Reading package lists... Done


Building dependency tree... 0%

Building dependency tree... 0%

Building dependency tree... 50%

Building dependency tree... 50%

Building dependency tree


Reading state information... 0%

Reading state information... 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.
gedit: Depends: python-gnome2-desktop (>= 2.15.90) but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages
19:37:31 ~$ sudo apt-get install geditpython- gnome2-desktop

Reading package lists... 0%

Reading package lists... 100%

Reading package lists... Done


Building dependency tree... 0%

Building dependency tree... 0%

Building dependency tree... 50%

Building dependency tree... 50%

Building dependency tree


Reading state information... 0%

Reading state information... 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.
python-gnome2-desktop: Depends: libwnck18 (>= 2.18.2) but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages
19:37:42 ~$ sudo apt-get install python-gnome2-desktop [K [Kliibbwnck18

Reading package lists... 0%

Reading package lists... 100%

Reading package lists... Done


Building dependency tree... 0%

Building dependency tree... 0%

Building dependency tree... 50%

Building dependency tree... 50%

Building dependency tree


Reading state information... 0%

Reading state information... 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.
libwnck18: Depends: libwnck-common (< 2.19) but 2.20.0-1 is to be installed
E: Broken packages
19:38:03 ~$ exit

Script done on Mon 24 Sep 2007 19:38:09 BST



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