As a start, I recommend you do: apt-get install aptitude
Then use aptitude. It makes it easier to investigate dependency issues. Someone more knowledgeable might have some more targeted suggestion. Cheers, Bret On Sun, 2003-07-20 at 12:19, Gregory Guthrie wrote: > I have a Woody system that has been running for over a year now without > much change, and I just tried to do an apt-update, and then apt-upgrade, > and the whole thing seems to be totally messed up. (see below) > > I hope I can recover it, as I have had apt do this to me several times over > the past years, and had to completely re-load a few times. Why does this > happen? Is apt too fragile..? > My > > Thanks for any hints..! > ----------------------------------- > theta:/etc/apt# apt-get upgrade > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > The following packages have been kept back > cpp debian-policy dnsutils dwww emacs20 enlightenment eterm fvwm95 g++ > gcc groff > groff-base htdig imlib1 libfnlib0 libstdc++2.10-dev libungif4g libxaw6 > libxaw7 > links ntop perl-5.005-doc samba samba-common smbclient smbfs swat tetex-bin > tomcat vim vncserver xbase-clients xlibmesa3 xlibs xterm xvncviewer > 216 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 36 not upgraded. > Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies: > imlib1: Depends: zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.3) but 1:1.1.4-1 is to be installed > xbase-clients: Depends: libncurses5 (>= 5.2.20010310-1) but > 5.2.20020112a-7 is to be installed > Conflicts: xbase (< 3.3.2.3a-2) but it is not going to be > installed > Conflicts: xfonts-75dpi (< 3.3.3.1-3) but it is not going > to be installed > Conflicts: xfonts-cyrillic (< 3.3.3.1-3) but it is not > going to be installed > Conflicts: xfnt75 (<= 3.3.2.3a-1) > E: Internal Error, InstallPackages was called with broken packages! > > > > -------------------------------------------------------- > Gregory Guthrie > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (641)472-1125 Fax: -1103 > -------------------------------------------------------- -- bwaldow at alum.mit.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
