ctw 0 Posted October 24, 2003 Hi , I have a problem installing gnome in my debian sid for my thinkpad. One week before I've installed gnome2.2 and I have not problem, then 3 days before I did an upgrade for 2.4 and all ok. The problem is when today I've installed again my debian and I tried to install gnome: apt-get install gnome Some packages could not be installed.This may mean that you have requested an imposible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that the package is simple not installable and a bug report against that package should be filed. The following information may help to resolve the situation: The following packages have unmet dependencies: gnome: Depends: gnucash but it is not going to be installed E:Broken packages Can anybody help me for install gnome in my debian unstable? Thanks in Advance Share this post Link to post
Dapper Dan 0 Posted October 25, 2003 Are you by any chance running ximian red-carpet? This breaks apt-get all to hell, and results in the need for a major deletion effort of x r-c or a total re-install! Also, you may want to try Morphix-Gnome 4.0 or 4.1. It's lineage is Debian-Knoppix-Morphix, and it's apt-get works fllawlessly for me, with Gnome... Share this post Link to post
Admiral LSD 0 Posted October 25, 2003 I doubt he'd be running Red Carpet as he's running Debian which has the 'real' apt and not the bastardised RPM version. I had a similar problem when I tried installing KDE on Debian a while ago. apt-get install kde would fail citing broken packages. So much for apt's wonderful dependency resolution... Share this post Link to post
Philipp 6 Posted October 25, 2003 ctw: 1) Please post your /etc/apt/sources.list 2) Try apt-get -f install Admiral LSD: Red Carpet is also available for Debian Share this post Link to post
Admiral LSD 0 Posted October 25, 2003 Quote: Admiral LSD: Red Carpet is also available for Debian Really? I had a look at the Ximian site earlier and there was no mention of Debian being a supported OS for Red Carpet, only Red Hat. Mandrake and SuSE... Share this post Link to post
Philipp 6 Posted October 25, 2003 Maybe they discontinued the Debian port? However, the download is still available here: http://www-files.ximian.com/red-carpet/debian-woody-i386/ Share this post Link to post
egorgry 0 Posted October 26, 2003 did you apt-get update first? or try the -f options like Philipp suggested. I installed 2.4 fine here is my ../apt/sources.list if you are interested deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US sid/non-US main contrib deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US sid/non-US main contrib #added for Mplayer deb http://marillat.free.fr/ unstable main # Monkey Bubble deb http://monkey-bubble.tuxfamily.org/ ./ Let us know how you make out. Share this post Link to post
Toby 0 Posted October 27, 2003 apt-get install gnome-core Then you can add what apps you want. (not cnucash for now) /Toby Share this post Link to post
Alexander_I 0 Posted June 16, 2004 Well 2.6 is in unstable now. And it's call unstable for a reason. If you don't like it don't use it, and if you want to use it any way, submit bug reports instead of complaining. Share this post Link to post