Yes I tried apt-get -f install. It did nothing: "0 upgraded, 0 newly
installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded."
root@xy:/# apt-cache policy
Package files:
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
release a=now
500 http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates/main Translation-en
500 http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates/contrib Translation-en
500 http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates/contrib amd64 Packages
release v=8,o=Debian,a=oldstable,n=jessie,l=Debian-Security,c=contrib
origin security.debian.org
500 http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates/main amd64 Packages
release v=8,o=Debian,a=oldstable,n=jessie,l=Debian-Security,c=main
origin security.debian.org
500 cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 8.6.0 _Jessie_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-1
2016 0917-14:25]/
jessie/main Translation-en
500 cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 8.6.0 _Jessie_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-1
2016 0917-14:25]/
jessie/contrib Translation-en
500 cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 8.6.0 _Jessie_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-1
2016 0917-14:25]/
jessie/main amd64 Packages
origin Debian GNU/Linux 8.6.0 _Jessie_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-1
201609 17-14:25
500 cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 8.6.0 _Jessie_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-1
2016 0917-14:25]/
jessie/contrib amd64 Packages
origin Debian GNU/Linux 8.6.0 _Jessie_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-1
201609 17-14:25
Pinned packages:
root@xy:/#
root@xy:/# apt-cache policy php5-sybase
php5-sybase:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 5.6.30+dfsg-0+deb8u1
Version table:
5.6.30+dfsg-0+deb8u1 0
500 http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates/main amd64 Packages
root@xy:/#
root@xy:/# apt-cache policy libsybdb5
libsybdb5:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: (none)
Version table:
root@xy:/#
root@xy:/# cat /etc/apt/sources.list
#deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 8.6.0 _Jessie_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-1
20160917-14:25]/ jessie contrib main
deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 8.6.0 _Jessie_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-1
20160917-14:25]/ jessie contrib main
deb http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib
# jessie-updates, previously known as 'volatile'
# A network mirror was not selected during install. The following entries
# are provided as examples, but you should amend them as appropriate
# for your mirror of choice.
#
# deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ jessie-updates main contrib
# deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ jessie-updates main contrib
On 18 July 2017 at 14:26, Greg Wooledge <wool...@eeg.ccf.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 09:23:20AM +0200, Ferenc Radics wrote:
> > The following packages have unmet dependencies:
> > php5-sybase : Depends: libsybdb5 (>= 0.63) but it is not installable
> > E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
>
> The bit about "held broken packages" is not reassuring. Did you try
> "apt-get -f install" yet? (If it wants to remove things you don't
> want removed, say no.)
>
> If that doesn't fix it, show us the output of these commands:
>
> apt-cache policy
> apt-cache policy php5-sybase
> apt-cache policy libsybdb5
> cat /etc/apt/sources.list
>
> My suspicion is that you've got an incomplete or inconsistent sources.list
> which is somehow trying to pull php5-sybase from jessie, but libsybdb5
> from somewhere else.
>
>
