On Wed, 7 Apr 2004 18:38:40 +0100 Dave Thorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So, I was running Sarge quite happily, updating upgrading now and then, > when I decided to do a dist-upgrade (but staying within sarge). This > broke partway through, leaving me in a state where I can't install > anything: > > You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these. > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > libxft-dev: Depends: libxft2 (= 2.1.2-5) but 2.1.2-6 is installed > E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f. > > Is there any way to fix this, anything I can do? If not, if I wait long > enough will it get fixed at some point when I > > apt-get update; apt-get dist-upgrade ? > > tvm, > In my case when trying the apt-get -f install... I got an error message about dpkg not being able to replace a file with the new version, I just deleted the old file by hand and tried the dist-upgrade again, it worked. Good luck -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
