On 2015-03-10, James <bjloc...@lockie.ca> wrote:
> I installed Debian7 but it has old software.
> I manually installed LibreOffice-4.4 (LibreOffice-3 was the default).
>
> I also want to upgrade VNC because the default is v2.0.3 and the current
> version is 2.2.0.
> I followed the instructions on the videolan.org website to add the
> backports repository but I get this error:
> 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:
>
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
> vlc : Depends: vlc-nox (= 2.1.5-1~bpo70+1) but 2.0.3-5+deb7u2+b1 is to
> be installed
> Depends: libvlccore7 (>= 2.1.0) but it is not going to be installed
> Recommends: vlc-plugin-notify (= 2.1.5-1~bpo70+1) but
> 2.0.3-5+deb7u2+b1 is to be installed
> Recommends: vlc-plugin-pulse (= 2.1.5-1~bpo70+1) but
> 2.0.3-5+deb7u2+b1 is to be installed
> E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
>
>
It's not clear what instructions you followed nor what commands you
executed, but try this:
apt-get install -t wheezy-backports vlc
Please see http://backports.debian.org/Instructions/ for the official
Debian instructions.
FYI, libreoffice 4.3 is also available in wheezy-backports.
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Liam
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