Re: unmet dependencies: libcurl4-openssl-dev
On Monday 09 February 2015 01:32:30 Ric Moore wrote:
> On 02/04/2015 04:03 AM, Sivaram Neelakantan wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 04 2015,Ric Moore wrote:
> >> On 02/04/2015 02:13 AM, Sivaram Neelakantan wrote:
> >>> How does one go about fixing broken packages? I've recently started
> >>> using debian and apart some fiddling to get the latest emacs24.4 on
> >>> wheezy I have not done anything on the system. When I tried to
> >>> install libcurl4, I get the following error.
> >>
> >> As root user, apt-get install synaptic
> >> Let it install your programs for you. It's a great GUI package tool,
> >> that most use. It's point n click and installs all dependences for
> >> you. Ric
> >
> > err...right. But will synaptic fix the above issue at all that I have
> > currently? And does it matter that I'm using KDE version of debian
> > (debian-kde iso live cd version)
>
> YOU broke things when you installed an experimental package to wheezy
He didn't, Ric!!! He used wheezy-backports. Many of us routinely use
wheezy-backports and regard it as a perfectly reasonable thing to do. One
does not necessarily expect any pain from backports, which are a completely
different kettle of fish from Experimental.
Backports aren't supported as well as Stable itself, but they are quite well
supported and I personally have never had a problem with them.
> and then proceeded to erase experimental from your sources list.
I don't see any mention of Sivaram's ever having had Experimental in his
sources.list. I really don't think he did, Ric. You must be muddling him
with someone else. He doesn't need warning off it because he isn't doing it
in the first place.
Lisi
> If you
> must have that version of <cough cough> emacs then install Jessie
> cleanly, as in a fresh install. You can't easily put a size 12 foot into
> a size 10 shoe and not expect pain. Nor, do we expect the unpaid
> developers to spend their time to maintain a complete list of depends
> for the one user who would install an experimental version of something
> to wheezy.
>
> Here is what you had to have read:
> "Quoting the Debian FAQ: "project/experimental/: This directory contains
> packages and tools which are still being developed, and are still in the
> alpha testing stage. Users shouldn't be using packages from here,
> because they can be dangerous and harmful even for the most experienced
> people."
>
> You have been warned
>
> Unlike the Debian Releases unstable and testing, experimental isn't a
> complete distribution. Even if there are a lot less consistency
> requirements for packages in experimental, they are autobuilt on the
> best effort basis by official Debian Package Auto-Building infrastructure.
> "
>
> It's not even built by humans. :/ Ric
>
>
> --
> My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say:
> "There are two Great Sins in the world...
> ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
> Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad.
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