(Please just reply to the mailing list, not to me as well. I read the list.)
On Wed, Feb 04, 2004 at 08:00:06PM +0100, Jens Simmoleit wrote: > Colin Watson wrote: > > Hm? twm is available for hppa, and should be installable on stable. > > Where are you seeing this on the debian.org web site, and exactly what > > error message do you see? > > Twm is dependent on menu (>1.5) and that's the packagae which is not > available in HPPA, sorry for the missing info. Ah, yes, I remember that problem; there was trouble building menu with g++ 3.0 for a while, and hppa had to use a newer gcc than the other architectures because earlier versions didn't work on that architecture. I wonder why http://ftp-master.debian.org/testing/stable_probs.html doesn't mention twm? > > You mean 'x-window-system-core' and 'x-window-system'. Certainly, you > > don't need x-window-system itself, if you want to install some different > > window manager. > > So that means I need the core package but not the "real" package itself, > very well. > > What else do I need? > > gnome-core > gdm > x-windows-system-core > sawfish-gnome > > is that it? http://wiki.debian.net/index.cgi?DebianGnome ... has instructions for installing GNOME on stable. If you find you need additional packages, please add to it. :) > > Again, you're summarizing the error message. Could you quote it exactly? > > It makes it easier to search for it. > > Of course........ first things first. > > When I use apt-get install x-windows-system the system brings back > > Sorry but the package has unmet dependencies. > x-window-system: Depends: twm but it is not going to be installed > E: Sorry broken packages > > When I try to apt-get install twm the system brings back > twm: Depends: menu (>1.5) but it is not installable > E: Sorry broken packages > > Well, seems like a "bug" in the dependencies, doesn't it? Yeah. It's fixed in testing, I believe. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
