I figured it out. What happened was that there were a few packages that got installed over the years, that were from testing or more likely unstable. So, for instance, one package was dependent on g++-4.4.5-8, but 4.4.5-10 was installed and this is what was gumming up things.
Now that that is resolved, I have one more question. There are a number of kde3 3.5.9 and 3.5.10 packages that are listed as rc. I have trinity installed, which is kde 3.5.12. If I dpkg -P the rc files, do I need to apt-get install --reinstall the -trinity files to make sure it doesn't wipe the needed config files or is the installer wise enough to know that there is a package that needs them? This is mainly to clean up the package listing... --b On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 1:30 PM, Sven Joachim <svenj...@gmx.de> wrote: > On 2011-04-28 18:39 +0200, Brad Alexander wrote: > > > I got my daughter's netbook upgraded to squeeze, however, there are some > > issues that I have encountered. I did it per the squeeze release notes, > the > > audit, etc, then apt-get update on the new sources.lists, apt-get > upgrade, > > upgraded kernel and udev, rebooted, then did the dist-upgrade. The > > dist-upgrade removed a bunch of packages: > > > > The following packages will be REMOVED: > > build-essential cervisia cupsddk-drivers debhelper dh-make g++ g++-4.3 > gcc > > gcc-4.3 gettext gnuift gnuift-perl imagemagick intltool-debian > kde-trinity > > kdemultimedia-trinity kdewebdev-trinity kernel-package > kommander-trinity > > libarts1-xine-trinity libblas3gf libcvsservice0 libdatrie0 libept0 > > libgfortran3 libgomp1 libgraphviz4 liblapack3gf libmagick10 librpm4.4 > > libstdc++6-4.3-dev libsuitesparse-3.1.0 libxine1 libxine1-misc-plugins > > libxine1-plugins libxml-libxml-common-perl linux-headers-2.6.32-5-686 > > madwifi-source po-debconf python-glade2 python-gtk2 python-notify > > python-numeric quanta-trinity wicd-gtk xserver-xorg-video-all > > xserver-xorg-video-cyrix xserver-xorg-video-imstt > xserver-xorg-video-nsc > > xserver-xorg-video-tseng xserver-xorg-video-v4l xserver-xorg-video-vga > > xulrunner-1.9 > > This should not have happened. Are there some packages that you had put > on hold? > > > Now, when I try to install some of the packages that got removed, apt-get > > does not want to reinstall the dependencies. > > That's why they got removed in the first place, I suppose. > > > I'm not sure how far down the > > rabbit hole I need to go. > > With apt-get you can go as far as you like, it will never output any > useful diagnostics why it does not install the package you want. > > > Can someone tell me why the dependencies are not being installed and how > I > > can fix this? I dom't necessarily want to reboot, at least until I get > her > > wicd back. > > > > [root@rubicon apt]# apt-get install wicd-gtk python-gtk2 python-glade2 > > python-numpy > > Reading package lists... Done > > Building dependency tree > > Reading state information... 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. > > The following information may help to resolve the situation: > > > > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > > python-numpy : Depends: libblas3gf but it is not going to be installed > or > > libblas.so.3gf or > > libatlas3gf-base but it is not going to be > > installed > > Depends: libgfortran3 (>= 4.3) but it is not going to be > > installed > > Depends: liblapack3gf but it is not going to be installed > or > > liblapack.so.3gf or > > libatlas3gf-base but it is not going to be > > installed > > E: Broken packages > > > > Can someone tell me why the dependencies are not being installed and how > I > > can fix this? I dom't necessarily want to reboot, at least until I get > her > > wicd back. > > Try using aptitude instead of apt-get, first in dry-run mode as a normal > user: > > $ aptitude -s -V -D -o "Aptitude::Delete-Unused=false" install wicd-gtk > > If the suggested solution does not suit you, press 'n' at the prompt and > see what else aptitude has to offer. > > Sven > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/878vuuuvu6....@turtle.gmx.de > >
