On Wednesday 04 February 2015 11:27:25 AM Rusi Mody wrote: > On Wednesday, February 4, 2015 at 12:50:04 PM UTC+5:30, Sivaram Neelakantan wrote: > > How does one go about fixing broken packages? I've recently started > > using debian and apart some fiddling to get the latest emacs24.4 on > > wheezy I have not done anything on the system. When I tried to > > install libcurl4, I get the following error. > > > > apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev > > Reading package lists... Done > > Building dependency tree > > Reading state information... Done > > Some packages could not be installed. > > > > [snipped 5 lines] > > > > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > > libcurl4-openssl-dev : Depends: librtmp-dev but it is not going to be > > installed > > > > E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages > > > > > > Googling around and checking a few forums with various incantations of > > > > apt-get with autoremove/clean/install/dist-upgrade didn't sort out > > the problem. I now have no idea how to fix this issue. > > > > I have a stock install of debian-kde iso and the current version seems > > to be > > > > cat /etc/debian_version > > 7.8 > > uname -a > > Linux sivaram 3.2.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.2.65-1+deb7u1 x86_64 > > GNU/Linux > > > > What should I do please to get the package installed? > > > > sivaram > > > > p.s first time user of debian > > What happens if you (try to) manually install librtmp-dev ? > > Note: apt-get, synaptic, and aptitude have different 'solvers' so its > good to have all three handy
Also, perhaps it is good idea to check with aptitude why-not like this: aptitude why-not libcurl4-openssl-dev i task-kde-desktop Recommends system-config-printer i A system-config-printer Depends python-cupshelpers (= 1.3.7-4) i A python-cupshelpers Depends python-pycurl i A python-pycurl Suggests libcurl4-gnutls-dev p libcurl4-gnutls-dev Conflicts libcurl4-openssl-dev That is what I get on Wheezy KDE. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/201502041221.36099.jode...@gmail.com
