Hello Travis, thanks much for the tips! Debugging output from apt-get revealed "broken dependency" on libidn11 in mutt; upgrading mutt solved the problem.
On Sat, Oct 02, 2004 at 01:43:18AM -0400, Travis Crump wrote: > Since sarge/sid's apt should no longer give this less than helpful error > message I'll assume you are using woody... Umm, I am running a one-year old sid. I've already upgraded apt, and the new message was something like "Could not perform the build-dependency check", which doesn't seem to be much more helpful :) . > ... in which case be aware that trying to build openoffice.org may > require some work. :) Figuring out what build dependencies you really > need and what substitutions can be made can be more of an art than a > science at times[eg if you don't have a scanner than you probably > don't need to install libsane-dev]. I did try to use woody, but I didn't manage, even for servers :) . With kind regards, Baurjan. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]