I'm running a mix of testing/unstable. $ cat /etc/apt/apt.conf APT::Default-Release "testing"; APT::Cache-Limit 10000000;
This is a desktop machine where I want to use new code: I have installed some packages with apt-get -t unstable install .... I wonder if that has not caused problems and if I should just move to unstable. Is there a good tutorial on debugging package conflicts? I often try to install things and apt is refusing to install a package, but I don't really understand why. I'm not looking for only specific answers to why something doens't work, rather I'd like to learn how to figure out why on my own. Here's some examples: # apt-get install locales 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: Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies: locales: Depends: glibc-2.2.5-14.3 E: Sorry, broken packages Hum, if I go to http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages#search_packages and type in glibc and select Distribution: any all I see is glibc-doc. # dpkg -l libc6 Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-===================-===================-================================================= ii libc6 2.3.1-9 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone data Here's another example: I don't understand why "wine" is to be removed. I assume there's some conflict -- can I get apt to me why? I assume the "kept back" packages are because I've installed those with -t unstable and I already have a newer version? # apt-get -s dist-upgrade Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Calculating Upgrade... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: wine The following NEW packages will be installed: libexif8 libssl0.9.7 The following packages have been kept back jpilot jpilot-plugins libfontconfig1 libfontconfig1-dev libpisock++0 libpisock8 libscrollkeeper0 pilot-link scrollkeeper sylpheed-claws 15 packages upgraded, 2 newly installed, 1 to remove and 10 not upgraded. -- Bill Moseley [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
