apt problems (?)

[Tim Writer]

Fraser Campbell <fraser-eicrhRFjby5dCsDujFhwbypxlwaOVQ5f at public.gmane.org> writes:

> 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?

Yep, that would be helpful to know.

I'm guessing that it wants to remove a ton of stuff.  You can try fixing the
dependency on libxv1 by installing it.  Just grab (using a browser, wget,
etc.) the libxv1 deb and install it with dpkg.  You can use:

    apt-cache show libxv1

to find a URL (relative to the top of the Debian repository) for libxv1.  Try
to grab a version of libxv1 that's closest to the version libarts1-mpeglib,
libarts1-xine, and mpeglib need.  Use:

    dpkg -s libarts1-mpeglib
    dpkg -s libarts1-xine
    dpkg -s mpeglib

to show the dependencies for each of these packages.

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