Hello Ian Silvester (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 21:46:41 +0200, Andreas Janssen > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Ian Silvester (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: >> >>> I am running Woody with a 2.4.20 kernel and acpi installed. >>> >>> When I try to install kppp or am-utils (for example) using Package >>> Manager or apt-get, I get the following error: >>> >>> Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies: >>> acpi: Depends: libc6 (>=2.3.1-1) but 2.2.5-11.5 is to be installed >>> E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or >>> specify a solution). >> >> The acpi package was not built for woody. Where does it come from? > > I obtained it via the ACPI HOWTO - there is a link in it to a .deb > which is a Woody kernel + ACPI. > > [...] > >> libc6 2.2.5-11 is the version from woody, 2.3.1 is newer. > > I begin to understand my problem; APT does not like finding a newer > libc6. This is a laptop installation, where power management is a > must. The APM built into Woody was inadequate; all signs pointed > toward ACPI. > > I guess the question now becomes; how to I convince APT to accept a > newer libc6? Is that possible? Would the 'clean', 'update', upgrade' > or dist- upgrade' options help me? Having read the man pages I am > loath to run them without another individual suggesting that it would > be a good idea! The acpi package was not built for your system. It probably was built for testing or unstable. Replacing a basic package like libc6 would not be a good idea. Instead, try to find an acpi package that was built for libc6 in woody, for example at <http://www.apt-get.org>, or see if you can recompile the package from source. bets regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 Registered Linux User #267976 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
