Here's my situation: # sudo apt-get install j2re1.4 j2sdk1.4 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. The following information may help to resolve the situation:
Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies: j2re1.4: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.1-1) but 2.2.5-14.3 is to be installed j2sdk1.4: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.1-1) but 2.2.5-14.3 is to be installed E: Sorry, broken packages # uname -a Linux Bragi 2.4.18-686 #1 Sun Apr 14 11:32:47 EST 2002 i686 Pentium III (Katmai) GenuineIntel GNU/Linux # 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 2.2.5-14.3 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone data -- Best Regards, mds mds resource 888.250.3987 - Dare to fix things before they break . . . - Our capacity for understanding is inversely proportional to how much we think we know. The more I know, the more I know I don't know . . . --
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