On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 10:03:16PM -0500, Steve M. Robbins wrote: > How do I debug this situation: ipe won't install, yet I have the > dependencies that "apt-get install" complains about.
> Below, you will see that my attempt to install libipe1c2a claims to > have three unmet dependencies. However, as you see by "dpkg --list", > I *do* have these three packages at a version that seemingly satisfies > the dependencies. > What gives? > [EMAIL PROTECTED] install libipe1c2a > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have > requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable > distribution that some required packages have not yet been created > or been moved out of Incoming. > Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that > the package is simply not installable and a bug report against > that package should be filed. > The following information may help to resolve the situation: > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > libipe1c2a: Depends: libfreetype6 (>= 2.2) but it is not going to be > installed > Depends: libqt4-core (>= 4.2.3) but it is not going to be > installed > Depends: libqt4-gui (>= 4.2.3) but it is not going to be > installed > E: Broken packages Usually you can get a more sensible explanation out of apt-get by telling it to install all the packgaes together: # apt-get install libipe1c2a libfreetype6 libqt4-core libqt4-gui [...] The following packages have unmet dependencies: libipe1c2a: Conflicts: libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.2) but 2.3.5-1 is to be installed E: Broken packages [...] Cheers, -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
