apt problems (?)

[Fraser Campbell]

On Tuesday 13 April 2004 16:35, David J Patrick wrote:

> and now I've got a jammed up apt-get !
>     I've been here before, and been forced to re-install the works
> There must be a better way !
>
> root-FHL3x92oaS0 at public.gmane.org:/mnt/hda8/djp# apt-get upgrade
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these.
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>   libarts1-mpeglib: Depends: libxv1 but it is not installed
>   libarts1-xine: Depends: libxv1 but it is not installed
>   mpeglib: Depends: libxv1 but it is not installed
> E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.
>
> and so it stops ! apt-get -f install does not work for me ! sigh..
> clues ? thanks,

What does apt-get -f install say?
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