On Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:20:30 -0500 Matt Harrison <matt.harriso...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 9:16 AM, Cybe R. Wizard > <cybe_r_wiz...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > Attempting to install gnome-desktop-environment gets me: > > > > gnome-desktop-environment: > > Depends: gnome-core but it is not going to be installed > > Depends: alacarte but it is not going to be installed > > Depends: cheese but it is not going to be installed > > Depends: deskbar-applet but it is not going to be installed > > Depends: gdm3 but it is not going to be installed or > > fast-user-switch-applet (>= 2.24) > > Depends: gconf-editor but it is not going to be installed > > Depends: gnome-system-tools but it is not going to be installed > > Depends: seahorse-plugins but it is not going to be installed > > Depends: totem-plugins but it is not going to be installed > > Depends: libgnome2-perl but it is not going to be installed > > Recommends: gnome-accessibility but it is not going to be installed > > Recommends: gnome-games but it is not going to be installed > > > > ...which isn't very forthcoming with information as to why it isn't > > installable. Does anyone have any clues or methods I might use to > > install? > > > > I've run into this quite a bit in trying to install various things > > and can't quite grasp the why. > > > > Cybe > > Are you running Stable, Testing, or Unstable? > > What does your /etc/apt/sources.list file look like? > > If you are running Testing or Unstable, from my experience, meta > packages are broken from time to time due to the constant changing of > individual packages...such as the devs uploading one package that is > newer than the rest so the meta breaks until they upload the entire > group. > Sorry for the omission; I'm running stable. Here's my sources.list: ---------- ###### Debian Main Repos deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free ###### Debian Update Repos deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main contrib non-free #### Debian Backports - http://backports.debian.org/ # deb http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports/ squeeze-backports main #### Opera .deb Repository - http://deb.opera.com/ deb http://deb.opera.com/opera/ squeeze non-free ---------- I'm keeping backports disabled until I sort this out. Is that a mistake? Cybe R. Wizard -- Strength through Unity. Unity through faith. Adam Sutler -- 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/20111213142346.4a42cbf8@wizardstower
