SOLVED - Re: problem with apt-get install AND apt-get upgrade

2011-04-15 Thread Lisi
On Friday 15 April 2011 23:49:24 Christian Jakob wrote: > Can anyone change status of this post to SOLVED ?! You can - just add SOLVED to the subject line!! It is usually put at the beginning. I have done it for you. It is no more complicated than it is to start the thread in the first place,

Re: problem with apt-get install AND apt-get upgrade

2011-04-15 Thread Christian Jakob
>>There is only one question left: >>Why did this happen? What could I have done, that these values changed to >>-1? > >I don't know any tool that edits that file. I always edit it with (sudo -e >/etc/apt/preferences). So, my assumption is that you made the change >yourself, perhaps without knowing

Re: problem with apt-get install AND apt-get upgrade

2011-04-15 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <1393449085.44289.1302886728608.JavaMail.fmail@mwmweb037>, Christian Jakob wrote: >>You've pinned all your available repositories to a negative value. APT >>refuses to install any package with a negative priority, which is why none >>of your packages have installation candidates. >> >>Check /

Re: problem with apt-get install AND apt-get upgrade

2011-04-15 Thread Christian Jakob
>You've pinned all your available repositories to a negative value. APT  >refuses to install any package with a negative priority, which is why none of  >your packages have installation candidates. > >Check /etc/apt/preferences and /etc/apt/preferences.d/*; you've got at least  >on stanza wrong in

Re: problem with apt-get install AND apt-get upgrade

2011-04-15 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <406058322.9701.1302882000282.JavaMail.fmail@mwmweb034>, Christian Jakob wrote: >root@debian # apt-cache policy >Package files: > 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status > release a=now > -1 http://security.debian.org lenny/updates/contrib Packages > release v=5.0,o=Debian,a=oldstable,l=Debian-Security,c=c

Re: problem with apt-get install AND apt-get upgrade

2011-04-15 Thread Christian Jakob
TO: scot.. >Um, fsck did what? First there came a WARNING: sd2 is mounted ... blabla Then something like this: /dev/sda2: recovering journal /dev/sda2: clean, ... files, ... blocks For me this looked like fsck didn't do anything... But, I think there is no hardwa

Re: problem with apt-get install AND apt-get upgrade

2011-04-14 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 15/04/11 01:07, Christian Jakob wrote: > fsck did something, but it doesn't fix the problem ... Um, fsck did what? Did it simply optimise directories - or did the file system need repairing? Did it test the ability of the drive to retain data - find some sections where failing and add them to t

Re: problem with apt-get install AND apt-get upgrade

2011-04-14 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 14/04/11 15:46, Christian Jakob wrote: >> Before trying to replace apt... how about trying a manual install of >> scons and posting the output? > > root@debian # dpkg -i scons_1.0.0-1_all.deb Selecting previously deselected package scons. (Reading database ... 175 901 files and directories cur

Re: problem with apt-get install AND apt-get upgrade

2011-04-14 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
(TOFU corrected. In general, this list prefers well-trimmed posts with replies interleaved or underneath the quoted context. Some prefer top- posting, but I think everyone with an opinion desires posts to be well- trimmed.) In <998647986.2435386.1302844626401.JavaMail.fmail@mwmweb033>, Christia

Re: problem with apt-get install AND apt-get upgrade

2011-04-14 Thread Christian Jakob
root@debian # apt-get update Hit http://security.debian.org lenny/updates Release.gpg Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org lenny Release.gpg Hit http://security.debian.org lenny/updates Release Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org lenny Release Ign http://security.debian.org lenny/updates/main Packages/DiffIndex I

Re: problem with apt-get install AND apt-get upgrade

2011-04-14 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <1038309152.3627061.1302793651098.JavaMail.fmail@mwmweb038>, Christian Jakob wrote: >fsck did something, but it doesn't fix the problem ... > >root@debian # dpkg -l | grep aptitude >root@debian # apt-get install aptitude >Paketlisten werden gelesen... Fertig >Abhängigkeitsbaum wird aufgebaut >L

Re: problem with apt-get install AND apt-get upgrade

2011-04-14 Thread Christian Jakob
fsck did something, but it doesn't fix the problem ... root@debian # dpkg -l | grep aptitude root@debian # apt-get install aptitude Paketlisten werden gelesen... Fertig Abhängigkeitsbaum wird aufgebaut Lese Status-Informationen ein... Fertig Paket aptitude ist nicht verfügbar, wird aber von einem

Re: problem with apt-get install AND apt-get upgrade

2011-04-13 Thread Christian Jakob
>Before trying to replace apt... how about trying a manual install of >scons and posting the output? root@debian # dpkg -i scons_1.0.0-1_all.deb Wähle vormals abgewähltes Paket scons. (Lese Datenbank ... 175901 Dateien und Verzeichnisse sind derzeit installiert.) Entpacke scons (aus scons_1.0.0-1_

Re: problem with apt-get install AND apt-get upgrade

2011-04-13 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 14/04/11 02:59, Christian Jakob wrote: >> scott@work:~$ python -V >> Python 2.5.2 > > this is the same as mine... > > root@debian # python -V > Python 2.5.2 You appear to have all the listed dependancies > >> Have you manually installed scons? >> Did it throw up any errors? > > No I d

Re: problem with apt-get install AND apt-get upgrade

2011-04-13 Thread Christian Jakob
>Had you temporarily used other repositories around that time? No, /etc/apt/sources.list~ is empty. >The dependencies for scons are python... could it be that you have some >non-standard python on your system?? >Occasionally I've had install problems because I'd forgotten that I'd >temporarily ma

Re: problem with apt-get install AND apt-get upgrade

2011-04-12 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 13/04/11 02:26, Christian Jakob wrote: > Ok, first of all: Thank you for helping me! > >> There's the clue. >> If you can't remember what happened then (mixed repositories, aborted >> install, bodgied compile etc) then maybe it's something you don't know >> about > > Yes, I can not remembe

Re: problem with apt-get install AND apt-get upgrade

2011-04-12 Thread Christian Jakob
Ok, first of all: Thank you for helping me! >There's the clue. >If you can't remember what happened then (mixed repositories, aborted >install, bodgied compile etc) then maybe it's something you don't know >about Yes, I can not remember what I did wrong last time I used Debian. Maybe it is im

Re: problem with apt-get install AND apt-get upgrade

2011-04-12 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 12/04/11 15:38, Christian Jakob wrote: > Good morning, > > > No, the problem occurs since a few weeks/months and not only with this > package... There's the clue. If you can't remember what happened then (mixed repositories, aborted install, bodgied compile etc) then maybe it's something y

Re: problem with apt-get install AND apt-get upgrade

2011-04-11 Thread Christian Jakob
Good morning, >The only things I can think of are:- >;temporary problem with the repository (it certainly works at the time >of writing this) >;your apt database is corrupted >;weird dependency problem/conflicts > >Any non-Lenny perl on your system? No, the problem occurs since a few weeks/month

Re: problem with apt-get install AND apt-get upgrade

2011-04-11 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 12/04/11 04:48, Christian Jakob wrote: > Hi @all, > > > Normally I can handle debian problems by my own, but this time I have a > really unusual problem with apt-get. > I use german version of lenny on a 32 bit i386 architecture. > Internet connection works fine and public keys are up-to-date

problem with apt-get install AND apt-get upgrade

2011-04-11 Thread Christian Jakob
Hi @all, Normally I can handle debian problems by my own, but this time I have a really unusual problem with apt-get. I use german version of lenny on a 32 bit i386 architecture. Internet connection works fine and public keys are up-to-date (see below). I think the following lines will help you