Re: Troubleshooting apt-get -f install
On Thu, 23 May 2013 22:18:38 +0200
Alois Mahdal <Alois.Mahdal.1-ndmail@zxcvb.cz> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm following instructions[1] from Debian Wiki to install Skype
> on Wheezy.
>
> [1]: http://wiki.debian.org/skype#Debian_7.0_.22Wheezy.22
>
> In a nutshell:
>
> # dpkg --add-architecture i386
> # apt-get update
> # wget -O skype-install.deb http://www.skype.com/...snip
> # dpkg -i skype-install.deb
> # apt-get -f install
>
>
> Now at the point when I do `apt-get -f install`, only solution
> APT offers is to remove skype:i386. While I agree with APT
> that there are much better options than Skype(tm), I need to
> communicate with people inside the walled garden, so for now
> I'm going to stick with Skype.
>
> me@here:~$ sudo apt-get -f install
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> Correcting dependencies... Done
> The following packages will be REMOVED:
> skype:i386
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 55 not upgraded.
> 1 not fully installed or removed.
> After this operation, 39.2 MB disk space will be freed.
> Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
>
>
> What am I missing? How should I help APT here? Does the wiki
> page need update?
>
>
> (Note that I actually had Skype installed a while ago but purged
> it as it was somehow "broken": it was missing from Xfce menus
> and from PATH. So what I'm doing is actually an attempt to
> "fix" previous installation.)
It's been a while since I installed it, but I seem to remember seeing
the same thing. IIRC I ran aptitude and used the resolver and it
suggested that I install a few i386 packages which I did and everything
has been running nicely since.
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