> Dear All,
> An attempt to reinstall iceweasel produces:
>
> # apt-get --reinstall install iceweasel
> 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:
> iceweasel : Depends: xulrunner-8.0 (>= 8.0-3~bpo60+1) but it is not
> going to be installed
> E: Broken packages
>
> So it appears that a new version of xulrunner needs to be installed.
> Where can I get this? Why is it not picked up automatically as a
> dependency? Any help will be appreciated. The relevant apt
> sources.list entries are:
You need to specify the backport repo in order to get the
dependencies to work, I think.
Try "apt-get install -t squeeze-backports iceweasel", which
is very likely how you got it in the first place.
-- A.
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