> I'm assuming that the packages that you tried to install with dpkg are the > gnokii packages.
Correct. > It appears that they were compiled for unstable or > testing, and you are using stable (I can tell because of the libc6 > dependancy). Well, more correctly: I ran apt.get on the wrong system. > If you were running unstable (and apt knew about packages that could > satisfy the dependancies) then the proper solution would be to let apt-get > figure out what needed to be done with the command `apt-get -f install' > that apt has suggested. You don't need to put a package name at the end of > that command line. That part i know about (since i run a unstable/testing hybrid as well) but i have never seen that snag before. What i ended up doing was editing /var/lib/dpkg/status and changing it from "unpacked" to "purged" which seemed to work nicely. Thanks for your help. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
