Have you tried 'apt-get -f install', I've had similar problems also and apt-get -f install solves most...
Ron On Sun, 20 Feb 2000, Lane Lester wrote: > > According to the apt-get man page: > install > install is followed by one or more packages desired > for installation. Each package is a package name, > not a fully qualified filename (for instance, in a > Debian GNU/Linux system, ldso would be the argument > provided, not ldso_1.9.6-2.deb). All packages > required by the package(s) specified for installa > tion will also be retrieved and installed. > > I must be doing something wrong, because the last sentence above is > not true for me. All apt-get does is tell me what's missing: > CorelLinux:/home/llester# apt-get install ripple > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > Sorry, ripple is already the newest version > You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these: > Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies: > ripple: Depends: libaudiofile0 but it is not installed > Depends: libesd-alsa0 (>= 0.2.16) but it is not installed > Depends: libggi2 (> 1:1.99.2.0b2.1) but it is not installed > Depends: libgii0 (> 1:0.6) but it is not installed > Depends: libsdl1.0 but it is not installed > E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or > specify a solution). > > I did run apt-get update before the above. The above example is not > unique; I almost always get the same kind of report. And when I try > to install the missing items, there's always something wrong with > that: incomplete filename, wrong filename, etc. > -- > Lane > ---- > Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia USA > ---- > Getting where I want to be with Corel Linux > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
