Hi, I recently upgraded a laptop using sid and then did upgrade and dist upgrade and i got into a terrible pickle where it could not upgrade and kept telling me certain packages were not able to be installed ... secondary to messages such as
so if i do apt-get install -f i get the message Reading package lists... Building dependency tree... Reading state information... Correcting dependencies... failed. The following packages have unmet dependencies: bluez-alsa: Depends: libasound2 (> 1.0.24.1) cheese: Depends: libcanberra-gtk3-0 (>= 0.25) but it is not installed Depends: libcheese-gtk20 (>= 3.0.1) but it is not installed Depends: libcheese1 (>= 3.2.0) but it is not installed Depends: libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0) but it is not installed Depends: libgstreamer0.10-0 (>= 0.10.32) but 0.10.28-1 is installed cmake: Depends: cmake-data (= 2.8.1-2) but 2.8.5-1 is installed epiphany-browser: Depends: libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0) but it is not instal led epiphany-extensions: Depends: libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0) but it is not ins talled gir1.2-atk-1.0: Depends: gir1.2-glib-2.0 but it is not installed gir1.2-clutter-1.0: Depends: gir1.2-freedesktop but it is not installed Depends: gir1.2-glib-2.0 but it is not installed Depends: gir1.2-pango-1.0 but it is not installed gir1.2-cogl-1.0: Depends: gir1.2-freedesktop but it is not installed Depends: gir1.2-glib-2.0 but it is not installed gir1.2-coglpango-1.0: Depends: gir1.2-freedesktop but it is not installed Depends: gir1.2-glib-2.0 but it is not installed Depends: gir1.2-pango-1.0 but it is not installed gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0: Depends: gir1.2-glib-2.0 but it is not installed Depends: libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.23.0) but it is not in stalled gir1.2-gnomebluetooth-1.0: Depends: gir1.2-freedesktop but it is not installed Depends: gir1.2-glib-2.0 but it is not installed Depends: gir1.2-pango-1.0 but it is not installed gir1.2-gstreamer-0.10: Depends: gir1.2-freedesktop but it is not installed Depends: gir1.2-glib-2.0 but it is not installed gir1.2-gtk-3.0: Depends: gir1.2-freedesktop but it is not installed Depends: gir1.2-glib-2.0 but it is not installed Depends: gir1.2-pango-1.0 but it is not installed gir1.2-json-1.0: Depends: gir1.2-glib-2.0 (>= 0.9.12) but it is not installed gnome-bluetooth: Depends: libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0) but it is not install ed Depends: gir1.2-freedesktop but it is not installed Depends: gir1.2-glib-2.0 but it is not installed Depends: gir1.2-pango-1.0 but it is not installed gnome-control-center: Depends: libcanberra-gtk3-0 (>= 0.25) but it is not inst alled Depends: libcheese-gtk20 (>= 3.0.1) but it is not instal led Depends: libcheese1 (>= 3.0.1) but it is not installed Depends: libcolord1 (>= 0.1.13) but it is not installed Depends: libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.23.0) but it is not in stalled Depends: libgnome-control-center1 (= 1:3.2.2-2) but it i s not installed Depends: libgnome-menu-3-0 (>= 3.2.0.1) but it is not in stalled Depends: libgnomekbd7 (>= 2.91.91) but it is not install ed Depends: libgoa-1.0-0 (>= 3.1.1) but it is not installed Depends: libnm-glib4 (>= 0.8.998) but it is not installe d Depends: libnm-gtk0 (>= 0.9.1.95) but it is not installe d Depends: libnm-util2 (>= 0.8.998) but it is not installe d Depends: libpulse-mainloop-glib0 (>= 0.99.1) but 0.9.21- 1.2+b1 is installed Depends: libpulse0 (>= 0.99.1) but 0.9.21-1.2+b1 is inst alled Depends: libsocialweb-client2 (>= 0.25.3) but it is not installed etc... libnotify4: Depends: libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0) but it is not installed E: Error pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks. this may be caused by hel d packages E: Unable to correct dependencies. Any way to resolve this short of a reinstall? I have tried to make a script with all those packages to the left of Depends an d do apt-get remove <all those packages> but each time I do that the list grows exponentially in length. Is there another apt-get magic incantation or else Is there a way to cut back to a small size and build up again? Thanks Mitchell -- 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/20120212043527.ga14...@earthlink.net