I am getting this error too. Maybe the dependency was meant to be libdb2?
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Python broken in Potato? Resent-Date: 10 Mar 2000 03:28:06 -0000 Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org Resent-CC: recipient list not shown: ; Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 03:27:38 +0000 From: "Pedro I. Sanchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Hello, Trying to install python in Potato fails due to libdb1.85 "not installable" (whatever that means). Any solutions? Thank you, -- Pedro # apt-get install python-base Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... 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: Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies: python-base: Depends: libdb1.85 but it is not installable E: Sorry, broken packages -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null