[GLLUG] apt died... and I killed it.

[Benjamin Cathey]

I have heard aptitude is better at resolving dependancy issues - that's the rumor.  maybe try aptitude -f install?



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----- Original Message -----
From: Dan Ryan
[mailto:thethinkbox at gmail.com]
To: linux-user at egr.msu.edu
Sent: Fri, 30 Mar
2007 11:11:25 -0500
Subject: [GLLUG] apt died... and I killed it.


>->> Hi everyone,
>->> 
>->> I somehow found myself the proud owner of an old PowerMac G4.  With a  
>->> 450Mhz CPU, 768MB RAM, 80GB HDD, it's not a bad little computer!   
>->> Naturally, the first thing I do is slap Ubuntu on there.
>->> 
>->> So earlier today, I'm rocking out on it, and all of a sudded I get  
>->> myself a messy error:  E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f  
>->> install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
>->> 
>->> Apt worked great until I tried installing KDE from apt (The version  
>->> I'm using is 6.06 Server PPC, so it didn't come with a GUI) and now  
>->> whenever I try installing anything else from packages, I get that  
>->> little error.  Installing from source works fine, just apt is all  
>->> wonky.  I tried adding more repositories, changing the repositories,  
>->> and using the Ubuntu cd.  I even tried a dist-upgrade, but to no avail.
>->> 
>->> There's got to be something I'm missing.  Any ideas?
>->> 
>->> Cheers,
>->> Dan Ryan
>->> 
>->> 
>->> _______________________________________________
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>->> linux-user at egr.msu.edu
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>->> 

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