apt-get will not install dependencies

Forum: Apt-get
Topic: apt-get will not install dependencies
started by: Clinton

Posted by Clinton on July 18 2004,20:00

In my previous experiences with apt-get prior to DSL, when installing a package that had unmet dependencies, it would also install those dependencies. However, when I try

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apt-get install wine

I get the following errors:

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Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies:
wine: Depends: debconf but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libwine (= 0.0.20020411-1) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: xbase-clients (>= 4.0) but it is not going to be installed or
xcontrib
E: Sorry, broken packages

Also, when I try this with some other packages, I get similar "not going to be installed errors". What can I do to prevent this and have apt-get just go ahead and install packages when needed?

Thanks,
Clinton

Posted by clivesay on July 18 2004,20:13

I think you need to do the following:

1. Go into the /etc/apt/sources.list file and uncomment (remove the "#") the unstable entries.

2. go to terminal as root and do apt-get update.

3. Attempt to install your packages.

If I remember right, DSL points to the stable area as a default.

HTH

Chris

Posted by mpie on July 18 2004,20:31

you will still have missing deps in unstable searcg apt-get.org for suitable mirrors