On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 13:12, Jonathan Wheelhouse<jonathan.wheelho...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi > > I used to have skype installed but I think a recent dist-upgrade got rid > of it (now my wife _really_ wants it back). > > /etc/apt/sources.list has > deb http://people.debian.org/~rafael/skype-amd64 ./ > > # aptitude install skype > > produces > > The following packages are BROKEN: > libc6-i386 > The following NEW packages will be installed: > ia32-libs{a} ia32-libs-gtk{a} lib32asound2{a} lib32gcc1{a} lib32ncurses5{a} > lib32stdc++6{a} lib32z1{a} skype > 0 packages upgraded, 8 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > Need to get 55.8MB of archives. After unpacking 123MB will be used. > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > libc6-i386: Breaks: ia32-libs (<= 2.7) but 2.7 is to be installed. > Breaks: ia32-libs-gtk (<= 2.7) but 2.7 is to be installed. > Breaks: lib32asound2 (<= 1.0.20-2) but 1.0.20-2 is to be > installed. > Breaks: lib32ncurses5 (<= 5.7+20090523-1) but 5.7+20090523-1 is > to be installed. > Breaks: lib32z1 (<= 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-13) but 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-13 is > to be installed. > > > I'm not sure what's going on here; libc6-i386 seems to break the other > libraries; apparently <= 2.7 but 2.7 is to be installed; that's still > OK, isn't it? Less than or equal to 2.7 still matches 2.7 so what's > going on? > > -- > Jonathan > Hi,
Downgrading libc6 (and any other packages that would be broken by this downgrading) to its previous version might be helpful. I installed skype and those ia32-lib's several months ago, and now they are preventing libc6 and 11 other packages upgrade to the newest version. Wang Long -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
