Re: can't install xfdesktop from unstable
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1
JoeHill wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I'm using Debian Testing but with apt-pinning so that I can get stuff from
> unstable as well.
>
> I installed XFCE 4.6 from unstable, and all went well up to a point. There was
> an update to 4.6.1 recently, looks like everything except xfdesktop came down.
> Now I've been stuck in this situation for about a week:
>
> node1:/home/joehill# apt-get -t unstable install xfdesktop4
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> 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.
> The following information may help to resolve the situation:
>
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
> xfdesktop4: Depends: xfdesktop4-data (= 4.6.0-2) but 4.6.1-1 is to be
> installed E: Broken packages
>
> I think I saw on here once where one could check to see what packages are
> waiting to be uploaded to unstable, but I can't find it now (should have noted
> it, I know).
>
> Any tips?
>
I'm no expert with apt stuff by any means, but you could try using
aptitude, as everyone seems to say it can resolve dependencies better
than apt-get.
- --
Many thanks
Harry Rickards (a.k.a l33tmyst)
- --
() ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail
/\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (MingW32)
Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org
iEYEARECAAYFAkn3NnwACgkQ1kZz3mRu0GqbjQCgk4GvX4nFIPuddBsQer4Mxzyh
kLUAn2GvVWaNBI+PV0Y4LOCXS5dze7/B
=jBTK
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Reply to: