-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 10/19/07 21:40, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi! > > I'm on an etch box running XFCE, and now I would like to play with Gnome > some (after a long pause from it). Trying to install > gnome-desktop-environment (or other packages pulling in gnome) using > aptitude I run into some unmet dependencies and clashes gamin->fam. Is > there a smooth way around this on an Etch machine? > > ------------------8<---------------------------------- > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > gamin: Conflicts: fam but 2.7.0-12 is to be installed. > Resolving dependencies... > The following actions will resolve these dependencies: > > Keep the following packages at their current version: > fam [Not Installed] > > Leave the following dependencies unresolved: > gnome-desktop-environment recommends fam > nautilus recommends fam
What's the current fam version in Etch? Can you tell aptitude NOT to install Recommends packages? Or you could pre-install fam. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHGWdsS9HxQb37XmcRAuy9AKDXkCJLjxIBwK/bZwKq7+9C5otEQwCgq2w0 8DlgPVJp96ZCmE0Zn7/hU8w= =C7EX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]