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Getting dpkg-buildpackage depencency errors when using apt-get install source --compile [closed]

I was playing around with apt-get install source --compile And I used audacity: sudo apt-get install source --compile audacity However, I am getting a dependency error: ...
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How to resolve dependency conflict (perl conflicts with libxml-sax-perl)?

I am trying to install a package called libxml-simple-perl, but it depends on libxml-sax-perl, I have installed other dependencies without issues, but this one below is giving me a lot of trouble, and ...
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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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How to determine if a package is safe to uninstall?

I know that there are many recipes/strategies for getting a "minimal Ubuntu", but they are too extreme for what I'm trying to do. Still, I suspect that I have a ton of packages installed that I don't ...
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Major issues trying to clean up /boot

12.04 LTS here, first off let me start with a uname -a output for you 3.2.0-35-generic-pae #55-Ubuntu SMP Wed Dec 5 18:04:39 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux So my boot partition was at 100%. ...
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How come I cannot install packages?

My ubuntu 12.10 won't allow me to install any online packages. I can go to the software center and install games and stuff no issue. But if I go to a program website it always fails to install every ...
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How can I fix dependency problems with firefox? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How do I resolve unmet dependencies? I can't do anything from Ubuntu Software Center or from Terminal This is what i get from command line: deus@comp:~$ sudo apt-get ...
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What does this error mean: “E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)” - related to the installation of activity-log-manager ?

What I see is this: incredible@incredible-Inspiron-N5010:~$ sudo apt-get -f install [sudo] password for incredible: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state ...
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dpkg: xml2-config is different from the same file on the system

I followed this procedure to restore a previously exported list of packages in a new system. At the end of the procedure, after sudo apt-get dselect-upgrade -y I got this message: [cut]lot of output, ...
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Cannot install Skype due to dependency errors; dpkg doesn't install dependencies [closed]

I'm trying to install the newest Skype version (4.1) on my Linux. I have downloaded the skype-ubuntu-lucid_4.1.0.20-1_i386.deb package from the official Skype site. I removed all installed versions ...
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I can't install any package, dependency problems

The apt-get command doesn't work. When I try this sudo dpkg --configure -a, I get this: dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libc6:amd64: libc6:amd64 depends on libgcc1; however: ...
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Ubuntu upgrade 12.04 the disk drive for / is not ready or not present

When upgrading Ubuntu to 12.04, I get the message the disk drive for / is not ready or not present. I tried mount -n -o remount,rw /` and `dpkg --configure -a which gives me this error: ...
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Wine install cross dependencies

Help! When I try to install wine from .deb files from Ubuntu Packages I can't because wine1.4-i386.deb and wine1.4-common.deb are cross dependent. One wont install without the other being configured. ...
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repair broken packages-“dpkg: error: conflicting actions -f (--field) and -r (--remove)”

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. if more information will be needed, tell me and'll give. the main problem is: tzach@tzach-pc:~$ sudo apt-get install docky [sudo] password for tzach: Reading package lists... Done ...
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error Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) while running sudo apt-get install -f [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: error occured while running sudo apt-get install -f [sudo] password for rahul: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state ...
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Unmet dependencies - mislabeled packages? [duplicate]

It seems that I do have the correct level of package, but I think the naming this throwing off dpkg. Can you give me some hints on how to fix this? Thanks! libav-tools : Depends: libavutil51 (< ...
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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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dpkg dependencies for a custom Ubuntu CD

Recently I have been working on some projects where I need to add extra packages to default Ubuntu install CDs. I have managed to add these packages successfully and make their icons show up on the ...
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How to list all dependency problems?

Like being able to filter broken packages in synaptic, is there a way to list (CLI or GUI) all dependency problems? Or would dependency issues show up as broken? I'm confused because each time I ...
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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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Integrating source-compiled package into ubuntu

For performance reasons, I compiled GSL with icc (intel C compiler). I ran ./configure with some flags, make, make check and sudo checkinstall. I had to remove libgsl0ldbl, which is used by a ...
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Dependecies not met — language-selector

uri@uri-MS-7267:~$ LANG=c sudo dpkg --configure -a [sudo] password for uri: Setting up language-selector-common (0.6.7) ... dpkg: error processing language-selector-common (--configure): subprocess ...
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How to trick apt dependencies? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to create a meta-package that automatically installs other packages? I want to use Frescobaldi (an editor for Lilypond), but the packaged release of lilypond ...
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Do Dpkg and apt-get install dependencies?

I've been wondering, is there a way to tell dpkg or apt-get that when I want to install a package also install all the dependencies it requires? I installed a package using dpkg but it complained ...
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Installation:Troubleshooting webmin dependencies

I am having a dependency problem dpkg installing webmin 1.510 (deb) package on Ubuntu 10.04, as seen in the screenshot. I do not know where to look to find info about what dependencies are needed. ...