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Envelope-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivery-date: Sat, 08 Apr 2006 17:20:48 -0700 To: Justin Pryzby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: elein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: elein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Sat, Apr 08, 2006 at 05:18:33PM -0400, Justin Pryzby wrote: > On Sat, Apr 08, 2006 at 02:10:56PM -0700, elein wrote: > > On Sat, Apr 08, 2006 at 05:01:41PM -0400, Justin Pryzby wrote: > > > On Sat, Apr 08, 2006 at 01:38:10PM -0700, elein wrote: > > > > Package: firefox > > > > Severity: important > > > > > > > > About Mozilla: > > > > Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050925 > > > > Firefox/1.0.4 (Debian package 1.0.4-2sarge5) > > > > > > > > This is what I ran and the error messages it generated. > > > > > > > > feta -V install firefox > > > > You must be root to use this command. > > > > Please enter your root password when prompted. > > > > > > > > Running: su -c "apt-get --show-upgraded install firefox" > > > > Password: > > > > Reading Package Lists... Done > > > > Building Dependency Tree... Done > > > > Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have > > > > requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable > > > > distribution that some required packages have not yet been created > > > > or been moved out of Incoming. > > > > > > > > Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that > > > > the package is simply not installable and a bug report against > > > > that package should be filed. > > > > The following information may help to resolve the situation: > > > > > > > > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > > > > firefox: Depends: libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.9.0) but 1.8.0-4 is to be > > > > installed > > > > Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.5-1) but 2.3.2.ds1-22 is to be > > > > installed > > > > Depends: libcairo2 (>= 1.0.2-2) but it is not going to be > > > > installed > > > > Depends: libgcc1 (>= 1:4.0.2) but 1:3.4.3-13 is to be > > > > installed > > > > Depends: libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.8.5) but 2.6.4-1 is to be > > > > installed > > > > Depends: libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.8.0) but 2.6.4-3.1 is to be > > > > installed > > > > Depends: libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.10.4) but 1.8.1-1 is to be > > > > installed > > > > Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.0.2-4) but 3.4.3-13 is to be > > > > installed > > > > Depends: libxinerama1 but it is not going to be installed > > > > Depends: libxrender1 (>= 1:0.9.0.2) but 0.8.3-7 is to be > > > > installed > > > I don't think this is a firefox bug; these are all stable versions of > > > depended-on packages. Did you run apt-get update (and/or whatever > > > feta needs) beforehand? What happens if you try to dist-upgrade? > > > > I did a feta update before hand. > > I think a whole dist-upgrade is too risky or is it? It upgrades > > everything, right? > If you want to install firefox/testing, then you have to install its > dependencies, too. I don't know the first thing about feta, but apt > will normally pull in dependencies needed to statisfy the requested > command. What is the contents of /etc/apt/preferences? > I have no file /etc/apt/preferences. $ cat apt.conf APT::Default-Release "stable"; Using apt-get install firefox I get exactly the same error messages. I guess this is where I uninstall firefox and reinstall an earlier version. Or just wait it out. Thanks for your help, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- End forwarded message ----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
