Package: gdebi
Version: 0.3.5debian1
Severity: minor
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo gdebi swiftweasel-2.0.0.13_pentium-4_ubuntu-i386.deb
[sudo] password for jon:
Reading package lists: Done
Reading state information: Done
Reading state information: Done
Reading state information: Done
This package is uninstallable
Failed to satisfy all dependencies (broken cache)[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$
It would be handy to know what was wrong with the cache and
how a beginner might go about fixing it.
In this case,
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo apt-get check
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run ‘apt-get -f install’ to correct these.
The following packages have unmet dependencies.
gnome-do: Depends: libcairo2 (>= 1.5.12) but 1.4.14-1 is installed
Recommends: gnome-do-plugins but it is not installable
E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.
(note also the missing \n in the error string)
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages gdebi depends on:
ii gdebi-core 0.3.5debian1 Simple tool to install deb files
ii gksu 2.0.0-5 graphical frontend to su
ii gnome-icon-theme 2.22.0-1 GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii python 2.4.4-6 An interactive high-level object-o
ii python-central 0.6.1 register and build utility for Pyt
ii python-glade2 2.12.1-1 GTK+ bindings: Glade support
ii python-gtk2 2.12.1-1 Python bindings for the GTK+ widge
ii python-vte 1:0.16.13-1 Python bindings for the VTE widget
Versions of packages gdebi recommends:
ii libgnome2-perl 1.042-1 Perl interface to the GNOME librar
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