Try apt-get install fakeroot devscripts build-essential
If it gives error then post your /etc/apt/sources.list On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 4:07 PM, James Stuckey <jhstuc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Have you tried "apt-get update" or "aptitude update" before trying to >> install these packages? >> >> > Yes, I did "aptitude safe-upgrade" after "aptitude update" and then > "aptitude full-upgrade". > > I selected "n" and it prompted me to "downgrade the packages to testing". > This means that the versions it had were newer than testing, i.e., from sid. > How could this be if I followed 2.7.3 of DR? According to that, my candidate > version is appropriately set: > > stuc...@debian:~$ cat /etc/apt/apt.conf > APT::Default-Release "testing"; > > > > -- Wishing you the very best of everything, always!!! Kousik Maiti(কৌশিক মাইতি) Registered Linux User #474025 Registered Ubuntu User # 28654
