tags 476395 + moreinfo severity 476395 minor retitle 476395 dpkg: Correcting broken package dependencies thanks
Oleg Strikov wrote: > When I'am trying to install coreutils package using apt-get or pure > dpkg -i i get such error output: > > oleg:~# dpkg -i ~/Desktop/Downloads/coreutils_6.10-3_i386.deb By manually installing a single deb file you are assuming the responsibility to verify all package dependencies. It appears that you are missing several required dependencies. I believe this is the root of the problems you are experiencing. Are you manually installing to avoid a network installation? Is there a reason that you are not using a network installation? Using a network installation will make fixing this problem much easier. > oleg:~# apt-get install coreutils > ... > coreutils is already the newest version. Because you have manually installed a more recent version of coreutils than anything available in your sources.list file it will not be automatically downgraded. You would need manually install the proper version that matches the rest of your system. > ... > 6 not fully installed or removed. This indicates that there were six packages that had problems. Why pick on coreutils to file the bug against? It was just an innocent bystander along with the other five. > Errors were encountered while processing: > coreutils > gperf > libidn11-dev > comerr-dev > libkrb5-dev > libcurl4-gnutls-dev > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > Due to this problem i cannot apt-get anything :( The problem is that you have manually broken the dependencies of your system. This is not a bug in coreutils. The coreutils Debian package (nor any other package) cannot prevent this type of dependency problem. You will manually need to repair the dependencies on your system in order to help APT get back into a working state. This is very easy to fix however so do not despair. What are the contents of your /etc/debian_version file? What sources do you have listed in your /etc/apt/sources.list file? Do you have any pinning active in /etc/apt/preferences? What is the output of this command: apt-cache policy coreutils With that information I believe a course of corrective action can be suggested. Bob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
