Re: installing lazarus from debian backports - Broken package

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 12/22/08 11:38, Csanyi Pal wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I setup source.list for the debian backports:
>
> deb http://www.backports.org/debian etch-backports main contrib\
> non-free
> deb http://www.hu.freepascal.org/lazarus/ lazarus-stable universe

Did you "apt-get update" after modifying sources.list?

(Yes, it's a dumb question, but often it's the obvious stuff which 
we forget.)

> and want to install lazarus-ide
>
> I have installed fpc, fpc-source, fp-compiler, fp-ide, fp-units-base,
> ..., fp-utils, all these are versions 2.2.2-3.
>
> When I try to install lazarus 0.9.26-0, I get error messages:
>
> ---------------->
> $ sudo aptitude install lazarus
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree... Done
> Reading extended state information      
> Initializing package states... Done
> Building tag database... Done      
> The following packages are BROKEN:
>   lazarus-ide 
> The following NEW packages will be automatically installed:
>   lazarus-doc 
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
>   lazarus lazarus-doc 
> 0 packages upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not
> upgraded. 
> Need to get 37.2MB of archives. After unpacking 167MB will be used.
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>   lazarus-ide: Depends: libglib1.2ldbl (>= 1.2.10-18) which is a
>   virtual package. 
> Resolving dependencies...
> The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
>
> Keep the following packages at their current version:
> lazarus [Not Installed]
> lazarus-ide [Not Installed]
>
> Score is -9992
>
> Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?]
>
> ------------------<
>
> > From where can I install libglib1.2ldbl?
> What can I do to solve this problem?

First step is:
$ apt-cache show libglib1.2ldbl

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