I'm now trying to work out why
apt-get install libx11-dev
results in apt wanting to delete a large number of X related
packages...
I noted that 'gnome' was one of the packages to be removed
rather then upgraded to the latest version, so I tried
to force an upgrade to see if there was some impediment
to that:
apt-get install gnome
This produces the output:
fujitsu:/var/log# apt-get install gnome
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:
The following packages have unmet dependencies.
gnome: Depends: gnome-desktop-environment (= 1:2.14.3.3) but it is not
going to be installed
Depends: gnome-office (= 1:2.14.3.3) but it is not going to be
installed
E: Broken packages
I then repeated this for gnome-desktop-environment to find out why
it is 'not going to be installed', and that produced:
The following packages have unmet dependencies.
gnome-desktop-environment: Depends: gnome-core (= 1:2.14.3.3) but it is not
going to be installed
Depends: nautilus-cd-burner (>= 2.14.3) but it
is not going to be installed
Depends: fast-user-switch-applet (>= 2.14.2) but
it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages
Next I try one of those dependencies (gnome-core) and get:
The following packages have unmet dependencies.
gnome-core: Depends: bug-buddy (>= 2.12.1) but it is not going to be
installed
Depends: eog (>= 2.14.3) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: gedit (>= 2.14.4) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: gnome-applets (>= 2.14.3) but it is not going to be
installed
Depends: gnome-control-center (>= 1:2.14.2) but it is not going
to be installed
Depends: gnome-menus (>= 2.14.3) but it is not going to be
installed
Depends: gnome-panel (>= 2.14.3) but it is not going to be
installed
Depends: gnome-session (>= 2.14.3) but it is not going to be
installed
Depends: gnome-terminal (>= 2.14.2) but it is not going to be
installed
Depends: nautilus (>= 2.14.3) but it is not going to be
installed
Depends: yelp (>= 2.14.3) but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages
And finally:
fujitsu:/var/log# apt-get install gnome-session
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
gnome-session is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 507 not upgraded.
So does anyone have any idea why 'gnome-session' is a problem dependency
for gnome-core (saying it is not going to be installed), when the
lastest version (2.14.3-3) is already installed ???
I really can't follow what apt is complaining about here - are there
any gurus out there that can explain why I can't upgrade to the
latest gnome??
Regards,
DigbyT
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