On 21 Apr 2020, at 19:18, Dennis Clarke <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2020-04-21 14:06, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: >> On 4/21/20 8:01 PM, Dennis Clarke wrote: >>> Looks like a version problem : >>> >>> >>> phobos# apt-get install libc6-dev >>> 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. >>> The following information may help to resolve the situation: >>> >>> The following packages have unmet dependencies: >>> libc6-dev : Depends: libc6 (= 2.30-2+sparc64) but 2.31-0+sparc64 is to be >>> installed >>> Depends: libc-dev-bin (= 2.30-2+sparc64) but it is not going >>> to be installed >>> E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. >> Try: >> # apt install libc6-dev=2.31-0+sparc64 >> Adrian > > hrmmmm ... seems to not exist : > > phobos# > phobos# apt install libc6-dev=2.31-0+sparc64 > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > E: Version '2.31-0+sparc64' for 'libc6-dev' was not found > phobos#
This is your problem: > I don't quite know what the above problems are and so I may strip down > the /etc/apt/sources.list to a one liner. > > root@phobos:~# cp -p /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.orig > root@phobos:~# > root@phobos:~# vi /etc/apt/sources.list > root@phobos:~# > root@phobos:~# > root@phobos:~# cat /etc/apt/sources.list > # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 10.0 _Sid_ - Unofficial sparc64 NETINST > 20200419-15:32]/ sid main > > deb http://deb.debian.org/debian-ports/ sid main non-free contrib > deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian-ports/ sid main non-free contrib You removed the unreleased line. Don't do that. Jess
