Re: dpkg having serious trouble trying to upgrade xlibs

[<dave@lions.med.jhu.edu>]

Hello, all-

I've had similar but sporadic dependency problems with the new X debs.
apt-get hasn't been too successful in resolving things properly, even when
the dependencies indicate a solution.  My guess is that the complexity of
X dependencies is really pushing apt-get, and apt-get -f is no help.  But
I'm no packaging expert....

If apt-get remove doesn't work right, due to what looks to be some sort
of race condition while thinking too much, try dpkg -r instead.  You
should then be able to continue with apt-get install or update.  Lastly,
apt-get install the temporarily removed package once xlibs et al. have
been completely setup.

At least, that's what worked for me.

-Dave Barnett


On Sun, 17 Dec 2000, reiner wrote:

> "Antonio M. D'souza" wrote:
> 
> > Ok, now I'm at a total loss!
> > I tried to remove ghostview as it contained a symlink that was conflicting
> > with xlibs but it gave me this (meaning I can no longer remove anything):
> >
> > quikbox:/home/quik# apt-get remove ghostview
> > Reading Package Lists... Done
> > Building Dependency Tree... Done
> > You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these:
> > Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies:
> >   libxaw6: Depends: xlibs (>= 4.0.1-11) but 4.0.1-4 is to be installed
> >   libxaw7: Depends: xlibs (>= 4.0.1-11) but 4.0.1-4 is to be installed
> >   twm: Depends: xlibs (>= 4.0.1-11) but 4.0.1-4 is to be installed
> >   xbase-clients: Depends: xlibs (>= 4.0.1-11) but 4.0.1-4 is to be installed
> > E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify
> > a solution).
> > quikbox:/home/quik#
> >