Questions concerning package dependencies, in dpkg/apt, which are used as Ubuntu's package manager.
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How do I install sasl2-bin dependencies?
I'm trying to install sasl2-bin on Natty. However, it depends on db4.8-util, which could not be installed because the default package on Natty is db4.7-util. If I try to install the 4.8 version either ...
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Unmet Dependencies right after installing VLC
I got the following error after installing VLC on my Quantal 12.10. Checked for libass4
and its already there. Is there anybody encountering this same silly error and willing to resolve..??
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I get dependency issues with linux-image-pae while upgrading
justsmit1@moodle:~$ sudo aptitude safe-upgrade
The following packages will be upgraded:
linux-image-generic-pae
1 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 ...
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“apt-get -f install” not working
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer ...
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I cannot run DOSBox SVN-Daum on Ubuntu 12.04
I've got the DOSBox SVN-Duam from its homepage.
Maybe I have solved the dependency problems,
$ ldd ./dosbox
linux-gate.so.1 => (0xb776d000)
libSDL_sound-1.0.so.1 => ...
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Wine 1.5 Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages
When I run sudo apt-get wine1.5 I get this:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
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Errors while processing jackey-common and jockey-gtk
I did a sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get upgrade and keep getting this error:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages have ...
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Package dependencies errors?
I have some problems with Lubuntu. When I tried sudo apt-get update:
Fetched 1,222 kB in 7s (171 kB/s) ...
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Unable to install libc6 specific dependencies
I am unable to install libc6 specific dependencies in Ubuntu 11.10.
sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting ...
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Trying to install cinnamon and getting a dependency error [duplicate]
Trying to install cinnamon 1.6.4 using apt-get install cinnamon and I'm getting this error. How can I resolve this error?
cinnamon : Depends: gir1.2-muffin-3.0 but it is not going to be installed
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How to install weather indicator on ubuntu 12.04?
I tried to install it from the market but that's what it says
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declaring dependencies in upstart
It seems as if the accepted way to specify a dependency of service A on service B in upstart is to work in the reverse dependency direction: give service B a start on starting A stanza.
I'd like to ...
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all packages keep unmeting dependencies all the time
All problems begin when I was trying to install graphics card driver. My desktop wanished. I paniced and reinstalled (with apt-get) a lot of packages including Ubuntu desktop, Unity, Xserver, etc. I ...
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Problem with libqt4-dev. Messed up dependencies
I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 and tried to update ubuntu-sdk but today it wasn't possible without adding phablet-team/tools PPA as described here ...
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Ubuntu SDK conflicts with Amarok [duplicate]
Apt removed Amarok after installing Ubuntu SDK due to dependencies conflict.
Now when I try to reinstall it again i get this message
is7yx@is7yx-Satellite-L305:~$ sudo apt-get install amarok
Reading ...
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cannot install libgtk2.0-dev
I upgraded my Ubuntu from oneiric to precise by accident. Recently I want to learn gtk/gnome programming, so I'm going to install libgtk2.0-dev. I got an error
The following packages have unmet ...
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Firefox dependencies problem on 12.10
I did a fresh install of Ubuntu 12.10 today and now am getting the following error:
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
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Installation of the unity stock ticker lens failed
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
unity-stock-ticker-lens : Depends: python-unity-singlet (>= 0.3) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held ...
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Failed to fetch *.deb Size mismatch, then packages with unmet dependencies [solved] [closed]
I recently bought the wonderfully looking and reviewed Amnesia The Dark Descent and I'm trying to install it.
The first time I tried to download it, I had to stop in the middle of the download (may ...
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Installing Skype on x64 12.10 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Unable to install Skype on 12.10 64bit
So for the past 2 days i've been trying to install skype and none of the solutions i find seem to be working
if i download the ...
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What to do when:“The following packages have unmet dependencies” [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why do I get an “unmet dependencies” error when trying to install WINE?
How do I resolve unmet dependencies?
When I try to install Wine, PlayonLinux, and some other ...
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How to workaround gettext dependency problem when installing wine?
$ LANG=C dpkg -l 'wine*'
dpkg-query: no packages found matching wine*
$ LANG=C dpkg -l 'ia32*'
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
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Trouble booting Ubuntu 12.10 after upgrade
At first, I got this message: "The disk drive for / is not ready yet or not present"
I typed 'M' to run manual recovery in shell.
Next, I tried
chroot /
mount -n -o remount,defaults /dev/sda1 /
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'Error: BrokenCount >0'. I have tried many commands but it still doesn't work
I tried this solution and it didn't work :
Getting the error Error:BrokenCount>0 after installing the packages
I've tried this :
sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/*-vf
and I get :
rm: cannot ...
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URGENT: Firefox circular-dependency hell - Linux Mint 13 (based on Ubuntu 12.04) [closed]
Having difficulty re-installing Firefox, after an installation to resolve places.sqlite issues. It appears that I'm trapped in circular dependency hell.
Need to resolve firefox dependency hell to ...
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VLC package dependencies broken & cannot be resolved [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I resolve unmet dependencies?
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 32bit. Today, suddenly some updates had arrived but it wasn't normal update. It said me to partial update. ...
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Package dependency problem preventing installing any program due to libvte9 dependency
That is the error I get whenever I try to install wine, chromium, flash player or any thing else any help would be appreciated (a new Ubuntu user)
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
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I can't install ROS Fuerte on 12.04
When attempting to install the ROS Fuerte (robot operating system), I keep getting the following message:
ros-fuerte-physics-ode (= 1.8.0-s1347122907~precise) but it is not going to be installed
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Stuck removing ffmpeg from system due to package problems
I'd be very grateful to get a bit of support on the following situation:
Using 12.04, and I used the PPA of Jon Severinson for ffmpeg. I had a problem playing movies with MPlayer, so I decided to ...
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Why does synaptic want me to uninstall half my programs just to get wine?
I have noticed it lately, so I am suspicious it is something to do with being on a 64 bit install. I especially notice when trying uninstalling something I don't want by KDE; I seem to have to choose ...
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RhythmBox cannot be installed because of unmet dependencies? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I resolve unmet dependencies?
Why am I unable to install this? How can I get these dependencies?
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
rhythmbox: ...
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Can't install using aptitude because “depends on … which is a virtual package”!
Trying to install ìces here is what I get:
root@webserver:/etc# aptitude install ices
The following NEW packages will be installed:
ices{b}
0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 ...
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How do I tell apt not to install X11 & gnome dependencies cause I will use X11 forwarding?
I want to run virt-manager from the server itself (so that I can use the interface management feature which is not available over ssh connection).
However, I plan to launch virt-manager over an ssh ...
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How do I fix so many dependency problems caused by apt-get upgrade?
This is the output of the upgrade command with a lot of dependency problems, any help would be greatly appreciated. Its a Ubuntu 12.04 system running the MATE desktop environment:
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The package “libpango” has a problem, blocking installation of other packages, how do I fix it?
I get the following errors while trying to install any package.
Package: libpango1.0-0 Error: libpango1.0-0:amd64 1.30.0-0ubuntu3
cannot be configured because libpango1.0-0
Package: ...
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How do I correctly install ffDiaporama (slideshow software) on Ubuntu 12.04
Background
I had some issues with dependencies etc and I thought it would be useful if I posted the correct solution here so other community members could benefit. I am not sure it appropriate to do ...
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LibreOffice won't start?
Every time I click LibreOffice in the menu, it returns this error:
Failed to execute command "libreoffice --writer %U".Failed to execute
child process "libreoffice" (No such file or directory)
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How to make a deb install only when the dependency is installed, or the conflicting packages aren't? [closed]
I'm making a package for Cydia, but since it uses APT/dpkg, I thought I'd ask this question here.
I want my package to only install if gsc.wildcat (represents an iPad) is installed, or if ...
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How to Install rpm with dependences [closed]
I've an .rpm file that I need to install on ubuntu 11.04 x64 bits on my core i5 laptop (it is actually some device driver).
I've tried to convert it using alien but reports an error for me stating ...
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How do I remove ia32-libs from the Depends line as generated by shlibs:Depends?
I've created a package which contains 32-bit libraries for compatibility with 32-bit applications on 64-bit systems, stored in /usr/lib32. This causes the ia32-libs dependency being added to my ...
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Openshot crashes when exporting [closed]
I want to export a video on OpenShot but it crashes when I do it. I saw this and I installed the Medibuntu repositories, libavcodec-extra-52 and libavformat-extra-52 packages and ran sudo apt-get ...
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Package dependencies cannot be resolved for VLC
I tried to install vlc media player on my ubuntu 12.04 using terminal by following command:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:videolan/stable-daily
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install vlc
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How do I fix these LibreOffice unmet dependencies?
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libreoffice: Depends: libreoffice-core (= 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu1) but 1:3.4.3-3ubuntu2 is to be installed
Depends: ...
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How can I free up disk space by removing files that aren't needed?
How can we free disk space by removing unwanted data on the system? How do we detect that the files are not necessary for the programs to work?
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How to get rid of unwanted software? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What is the correct way to completely remove an application?
Is it possible to undo an apt-get install command?
Most of the time when I want to try a new program, the ...
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How do I remove OpenJDK without losing JDownloader?
I recently installed Sun's Java because of performance issues running Minecraft.
When I try to remove the OpenJDK packages by
sudo apt-get purge openjdk*
however, the JDownloader package is being ...
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“FreeType NOTFOUND” error when trying to build Okular from source
I am trying to build Okular from source. I checked out commit 8ab768 from Tue Jul 10 17:45:23 2012 +0100. However, FreeType seems to be missing in some path variable. Here is the output from cmake.
$ ...
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I cannot install any packages from terminal or software centre. Please help!
Whenever i try to install software from software centre, it says package dependencies cannot be resolved. I have tried restarting, sudo apt-get update/upgrade/clean. I am very new to ubuntu, and I ...
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Do I need linux-libc-dev and libc6-dev?
I removed the stock 3.8.0-19-generic kernel (and meta packages for the stock ubuntu kernel) and installed the 3.9 mainline kernel, do I need these 2 packages or can I remove them?
~$ apt-cache policy ...
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How to solve unmet dependencies? [duplicate]
I'm trying to install Nitro with this :
sudo apt-get install nitro
And then I get this :
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if ...
