OK, after changing my sources.list file to what you have below, I did
apt-get clean
apt-get autoclean
apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade, and when I got the error messages, I did
apt-get -f install.
It downloaded more packages, but as soon as the downloads were finished it
crashed and I got this error:
Fetched 11.7MB in 50s (234kB/s)
perl: error while loading shared libraries: libdb.so.3: cannot open
shared
object file: No such file or directory
E: Sub-process /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt returned an error code
(127)
E: Failure running script /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt
what is libdb.so.3? Should I somehow try to temporarily install that so apt
will work again?
I'm a bit over me head here, sorry...
Jim
James D Strandboge Spoke Thusly:
> On Sun, Aug 19, 2001 at 11:06:55PM -0400 or thereabouts, James
Lindenschmidt wrote:
> > > > apt-get dist-upgrade
> > > > Reading Package Lists... Done
> > > > Building Dependency Tree... Done
> > > > You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these.
> > > > Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies:
> > > > kdebase-crypto: Depends: libssl0.9.6 but it is not installed
> > > > Depends: kdelibs3-crypto (>= 4:2.1.2-0) but
> > > > 4:2.1.1.0-0.potato1 is
> > > > installed kdevelop: Depends: libqt2 (>= 2:2.3.0-final-2) or
> > > > libqt2-gl (>= 2:2.3.0-final-2)
> > > > Depends: xlibs (> 4.0.3) but it is not installed
> > > > Depends: perl but it is not installed
> > > > quanta: Depends: libqt2 (>= 2:2.3.0-final-2) or
> > > > libqt2-gl (>= 2:2.3.0-final-2)
> > > > Depends: xlibs (> 4.0.3) but it is not installed
> > > > E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.
>
> When I upgraded to woody from potato, I had to do a series of:
> apt-get dist-upgrade
> apt-get -f install
>
> then:
> apt-get dist-upgrade
> apt-get -f install
>
> For some reason. I just kept doing this and eventually got there.
> Obviously there are some dependency problems that aren't resolved yet
> regarding the upgrade. However, I did this several months ago, so things
> may have changed.
>
> Definitely have the equivalent to this in /etc/apt/sources.list:
> # main archive
> deb ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free
> # crypto stuff
> deb ftp://nonus.debian.org/debian-non-US testing/non-US main contrib
> non-free
>
> It is also possible that you will need to grab a few sid packages. Just
> add: deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian sid main contrib non-free
> deb ftp://nonus.debian.org/debian-non-US sid/non-US main contrib non-free
>
> to /etc/apt/sources.list, then do:
> apt-get update
> apt-get install <package that isn't available in woody>
>
> Once you get that, comment the above lines out, and rerun 'apt-get update'
> then try: apt-get dist-upgrade
> apt-get -f install
>
> as needed. Eventually you will get there. There is probably a better way,
> but I know this works as I have done it.
>
> Jamie Strandboge
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