Package: upgrade-reports I followed Alexander Reichle-Schmehl's instructions from d-d-a and synaptic got removed.
I did: | 2. Change your /etc/apt/sources.list | 3. Run aptitude update to get information about new packages | 4. Run aptitude install dpkg aptitude apt to install the newest package | management and got: | Remove the following packages: | synaptic | update-manager | update-notifier I don't care about synaptic, but others might... Full log attached. -- Martin Michlmayr http://www.cyrius.com/
Reading package lists... Building dependency tree... Reading extended state information... Initializing package states... Reading task descriptions... Building tag database... The following packages are BROKEN: apt-utils dpkg libc6 libc6-i686 locales python-apt synaptic The following NEW packages will be automatically installed: gcc-4.3-base libcwidget3 libept0 libxapian15 lzma The following packages have been kept back: acpi acpi-support acpid adduser alacarte alsa-base alsa-utils anacron apmd at avahi-daemon base-files base-passwd bash bc bind9-host binutils bittorrent bluetooth bluez-gnome bluez-utils bsdmainutils bsdutils bsh bug-buddy busybox bzip2 ca-certificates capplets-data cdrdao console-common console-data console-tools coreutils cpio cpp cpp-4.1 cpufrequtils cron cupsys cupsys-bsd cupsys-client cupsys-common cupsys-driver-gutenprint dbus dc debconf debconf-i18n debian-archive-keyring debianutils defoma deskbar-applet desktop-base desktop-file-utils dhcdbd dhcp3-client dhcp3-common dictionaries-common diff discover1 discover1-data dmidecode dnsutils doc-debian doc-linux-text docbook-xml dpkg-dev dselect dvd+rw-tools e2fslibs e2fsprogs ed eject 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openoffice.org-gtk openoffice.org-help-en-us openoffice.org-impress openoffice.org-java-common openoffice.org-math openoffice.org-thesaurus-en-us openoffice.org-writer openssh-blacklist openssh-client openssh-server openssl passwd patch pciutils pcmcia-cs pcmciautils perl perl-base perl-modules pidentd pmount policycoreutils poppler-utils portmap powermgmt-base printconf procps psmisc python python-cairo python-central python-foomatic python-glade2 python-gmenu python-gnome2 python-gnome2-desktop python-gnome2-extras python-gtk2 python-ipy python-libxml2 python-minimal python-newt python-numeric python-pyorbit python-qt3 python-selinux python-semanage python-sip4 python-support python-uno python-vte python2.4 python2.4-minimal rdesktop readline-common reportbug rhythmbox screen scrollkeeper sed shared-mime-info sharutils smartmontools sound-juicer strace sudo svgalibg1 sysklogd system-tools-backends sysv-rc sysvinit sysvinit-utils tar tasksel tasksel-data tcpd telnet texinfo time toshset totem totem-mozilla totem-xine traceroute ttf-dejavu ttf-opensymbol twm type-handling tzdata ucf udev unzip update-inetd update-manager update-notifier usbutils uswsusp util-linux vbetool vim-common vim-tiny vino w3m wamerican wget whiptail whois wireless-tools wodim wpasupplicant x11-common xbase-clients xdg-utils xfonts-100dpi xfonts-75dpi xfonts-base xfonts-encodings xfonts-utils xkb-data xml-core xorg xresprobe xsane xsane-common xserver-xorg xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-input-all xserver-xorg-input-evdev xserver-xorg-input-kbd xserver-xorg-input-mouse xserver-xorg-input-synaptics xserver-xorg-input-wacom xserver-xorg-video-all xserver-xorg-video-apm xserver-xorg-video-ark xserver-xorg-video-ati xserver-xorg-video-chips xserver-xorg-video-cirrus xserver-xorg-video-cyrix xserver-xorg-video-dummy xserver-xorg-video-fbdev xserver-xorg-video-glint xserver-xorg-video-i128 xserver-xorg-video-i740 xserver-xorg-video-i810 xserver-xorg-video-imstt xserver-xorg-video-mga xserver-xorg-video-neomagic xserver-xorg-video-nsc xserver-xorg-video-nv xserver-xorg-video-rendition xserver-xorg-video-s3 xserver-xorg-video-s3virge xserver-xorg-video-savage xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion xserver-xorg-video-sis xserver-xorg-video-sisusb xserver-xorg-video-tdfx xserver-xorg-video-tga xserver-xorg-video-trident xserver-xorg-video-tseng xserver-xorg-video-v4l xserver-xorg-video-vesa xserver-xorg-video-vga xserver-xorg-video-via xserver-xorg-video-vmware xserver-xorg-video-voodoo xsltproc xterm xutils xutils-dev yelp zenity zlib1g The following NEW packages will be installed: gcc-4.3-base libcwidget3 libept0 libxapian15 lzma The following packages will be upgraded: apt aptitude libncursesw5 libstdc++6 The following packages are RECOMMENDED but will NOT be installed: aptitude-doc-cs aptitude-doc-en aptitude-doc-fi aptitude-doc-fr aptitude-doc-ja libgpm2 libparse-debianchangelog-perl 6 packages upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 711 not upgraded. Need to get 14.3MB of archives. After unpacking 8782kB will be used. The following packages have unmet dependencies: python-apt: Depends: libapt-pkg-libc6.3-6-3.11 which is a virtual package. apt-utils: Depends: libapt-pkg-libc6.3-6-3.11 which is a virtual package. libc6-i686: PreDepends: libc6 (= 2.3.6.ds1-13etch5) but 2.7-14 is to be installed. locales: Depends: glibc-2.3.6.ds1-1 which is a virtual package. dpkg: Conflicts: dpkg-dev (< 1.14.16) but 1.13.25 is installed and it is kept back. synaptic: Depends: libapt-pkg-libc6.3-6-3.11 which is a virtual package. libc6: Conflicts: tzdata (< 2007k-1) but 2007j-1etch1 is installed and it is kept back. Resolving dependencies... The following actions will resolve these dependencies: Remove the following packages: synaptic update-manager update-notifier Install the following packages: libdb4.6 [4.6.21-11 (testing)] libgpm2 [1.20.4-2 (testing)] libtimedate-perl [1.1600-9 (testing)] Upgrade the following packages: apt-utils [0.6.46.4-0.1 (now) -> 0.7.14+b1 (testing)] dpkg-dev [1.13.25 (now) -> 1.14.22 (testing)] libc6-i686 [2.3.6.ds1-13etch5 (now) -> 2.7-14 (testing)] locales [2.3.6.ds1-13etch5 (now) -> 2.7-14 (testing)] python-apt [0.6.19 (now) -> 0.7.7.1 (testing)] python-central [0.5.12 (now) -> 0.6.8 (testing)] tzdata [2007j-1etch1 (now) -> 2008e-3 (testing)] Leave the following dependencies unresolved: dpkg-dev recommends build-essential Score is -1277 Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?]

