>>>>> "MAFM" == Manuel A Fernandez Montecelo <manuel.montez...@gmail.com> >>>>> writes:
MAFM> If it's a problem with packages not being available in the mirror, MAFM> perhaps you can use others temporarily, and disable other MAFM> repositories. I think Axel can reproduce it with any mirror. MAFM> If this still doesn't solve the problem, you can take a look to the MAFM> holds (dpkg --get-selections / apt), as the message says, to see if MAFM> there is something in the chain that prevents the installation of MAFM> libgdal.so.etc or libgdali. $ dpkg --get-selections|perl -nwle 'print unless /\binstall\b/;' $ I do do # aptitude forbid-version perl perl-base perl-doc but I don't think that affects it. MAFM> Or you can try to install libgdali by hand, maybe the error is more clear then. Ah ha! # aptitude install libgdal.so.1-1.11.2 "libgdal.so.1-1.11.2" exists in the package database, but it is not a real package and no package provides it. No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed. 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 0 B will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] # apt-get install libgdal.so.1-1.11.2 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Package libgdal.so.1-1.11.2 is a virtual package provided by: libgdal1i 1.11.2+dfsg-3 [Not candidate version] E: Package 'libgdal.so.1-1.11.2' has no installation candidate # aptitude install libgdal1i The following NEW packages will be installed: libarmadillo5{a} (D: libgdal1i) (for libgdal1i) libarpack2{a} (D: libarmadillo5) (for libgdal1i) libdap17v5{a} (D: libdapclient6v5, D: libdapserver7v5, D: libgdal1i) (for libgdal1i) libdapclient6v5{a} (D: libgdal1i) (for libgdal1i) libdapserver7v5{a} (D: libgdal1i) (for libgdal1i) libepsilon1{a} (D: libgdal1i) (for libgdal1i) libfreexl1{a} (D: libgdal1i, D: libspatialite7) (for libgdal1i) libgdal1i libgeos-3.5.0{a} (D: libgeos-c1v5) (for libgdal1i) libgeos-c1v5{a} (D: libgdal1i, D: liblwgeom-2.1.8, D: libspatialite7) (for libgdal1i) libhdf4-0-alt{a} (D: libgdal1i) (for libgdal1i) libhdf5-8{a} (D: libgdal1i, D: libnetcdf7) (for libgdal1i) libkmlbase1{a} (D: libgdal1i, D: libkmlconvenience1, D: libkmldom1, D: libkmlengine1, D: libkmlregionator1, D: libkmlxsd1) (for libgdal1i) libkmlconvenience1{a} (D: libkmlregionator1) (for libgdal1i) libkmldom1{a} (D: libgdal1i, D: libkmlconvenience1, D: libkmlengine1, D: libkmlregionator1) (for libgdal1i) libkmlengine1{a} (D: libgdal1i, D: libkmlconvenience1, D: libkmlregionator1) (for libgdal1i) libkmlregionator1{a} (D: libgdal1i) (for libgdal1i) libkmlxsd1{a} (D: libgdal1i) (for libgdal1i) liblwgeom-2.1.8{a} (D: libspatialite7) (for libgdal1i) libminizip1{a} (D: libkmlbase1, D: libkmlconvenience1, D: libkmldom1, D: libkmlengine1, D: libkmlregionator1, D: libkmlxsd1) (for libgdal1i) libnetcdf7{a} (D: libgdal1i) (for libgdal1i) libogdi3.2{a} (D: libgdal1i) (for libgdal1i) libpoppler46{a} (D: libgdal1i) (for libgdal1i) libpq5{a} (D: libgdal1i) (for libgdal1i) libspatialite7{a} (D: libgdal1i) (for libgdal1i) libsuperlu4{a} (D: libarmadillo5) (for libgdal1i) liburiparser1{a} (D: libkmlbase1, D: libkmlconvenience1, D: libkmldom1, D: libkmlengine1, D: libkmlregionator1, D: libkmlxsd1) (for libgdal1i) libxerces-c3.1{a} (D: libgdal1i) (for libgdal1i) 0 packages upgraded, 28 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/12.9 MB of archives. After unpacking 46.3 MB will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] OK that worked! Now to install qgis: The following packages have unmet dependencies: qgis : Depends: libgdal.so.1-1.11.2 which is a virtual package. The following actions will resolve these dependencies: Keep the following packages at their current version: 1) qgis [Not Installed] Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] n The following actions will resolve these dependencies: Install the following packages: 1) gdal-bin [1.11.2+dfsg-3 (unstable)] 2) python-gdal [1.11.2+dfsg-3 (unstable)] Downgrade the following packages: 3) libgdal1i [1.11.3+dfsg-1~exp1 (experimental, now) -> 1.11.2+dfsg-3 (unstable)] Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] Y OK that worked! But only if I go around it the manual way. And now aptitude full-upgrade says The following packages will be upgraded: gdal-bin libgdal1i python-gdal 3 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/5,245 kB of archives. After unpacking 22.5 kB will be used. The following packages have unmet dependencies: qgis : Depends: libgdal.so.1-1.11.2 which is a virtual package. The following actions will resolve these dependencies: Remove the following packages: 1) qgis Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] n The following actions will resolve these dependencies: Keep the following packages at their current version: 1) gdal-bin [1.11.2+dfsg-3 (now, unstable)] 2) libgdal1i [1.11.2+dfsg-3 (now, unstable)] 3) python-gdal [1.11.2+dfsg-3 (now, unstable)] ...