Bug#233801: apt-get -f install not working on ia64?
Al Stone <ahs3@fc.hp.com> writes:
> If I use 'dpkg -i' to install a package (in this case, oprofile),
> it will not install due to a dependency on libqt3c102-mt. I
> then 'apt-get install libqt3c102-mt', but the apt-get does not
> work and I am told to 'apt-get -f install' to to fix the problem.
> So, I do: I run 'apt-get -f install'. On an i386 machine running
> Debian unstable, this works fine, and all the needed packages are
> installed and oprofile installed. On an ia64 machine, however,
> all that happens is that oprofile is removed. And if I try to
> apt-get install libqt3c102-mt again, I'm told it has unmet
> dependencies and will not be installed. So, this could be a
> problem with libqt3c102-mt on ia64; but, the same process works
> on i386 so I thought I'd start with apt-get as the possible
> problem.
Looks like a missing dep on ia64. Can you check if the reported
package?
Thanks in advance,
Otavio Salvador
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