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[Chris Aitken]

Chris Aitken wrote:
> Lennart Sorensen wrote:
>> On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 09:42:48AM -0500, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
>>  
>>> Well one method would be to just get the .deb packages from somewhere
>>> that has them such as ubuntu hardy.
>>>
>>> You can get the .deb's and install them with dpkg -i blah.deb ...
>>>
>>> You can find them here:
>>> http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/a/alsa-driver/
>>> http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/a/alsa-lib/
>>>     
> Okay, I found a .deb there (libasound2_1.0.15-3ubuntu3_i386.deb). I 
> downloaded that and ran dpkg and it told me there is an unsatisfied 
> dependency so I tried apt-get install that dependency and then was 
> advised 'You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these'. 
> So I that's what I'm doing. Since there's no one around I'm going to 
> go ahead with all this then you guys can tell me what I did wrong so I 
> can do another reinstall on Sunday night. Man, endlessly screwing 
> around with things that are way over my head is so much more 
> satisfying than actually bein gable to just record music on my emu1212m:
>
> chris at cpc:~$ sudo dpkg -i /home/chris/Desktop/libasound*
> (Reading database ... 89528 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace libasound2 1.0.14-1ubuntu8 (using 
> .../libasound2_1.0.15-3ubuntu3_i386.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement libasound2 ...
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libasound2:
> libasound2 depends on libc6 (>= 2.7-1); however:
>  Version of libc6 on system is 2.6.1-1ubuntu10.
> dpkg: error processing libasound2 (--install):
> dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> libasound2
> chris at cpc:~$ sudo apt-get install libc6
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree      Reading state information... Done
> libc6 is already the newest version.
> You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these:
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>  libasound2: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.6.1-1ubuntu10 is to be 
> installed
> E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or 
> specify a solution).
> chris at cpc:~$ sudo apt-get -f install
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree      Reading state information... Done
> Correcting dependencies... Done
> The following packages will be REMOVED:
>  alacarte alsa-utils bluez-utils bsh bug-buddy compiz compiz-gnome 
> contact-lookup-applet deskbar-applet ekiga eog evince
>  evolution evolution-data-server evolution-exchange evolution-plugins 
> evolution-webcal f-spot fast-user-switch-applet
>  file-roller firefox-gnome-support gconf-editor gdm gedit gij gij-4.2 
> gnome-about gnome-applets gnome-btdownload
>  gnome-control-center gnome-games gnome-keyring-manager gnome-media 
> gnome-netstatus-applet gnome-orca gnome-panel
>  gnome-pilot gnome-pilot-conduits gnome-power-manager gnome-session 
> gnome-spell gnome-terminal gnome-user-guide
>  gnome-utils gnome-volume-manager gstreamer0.10-alsa gstreamer0.10-esd 
> gstreamer0.10-plugins-good gthumb gtkhtml3.14
>  gucharmap hal-device-manager hwdb-client-gnome libasound2 
> libbonoboui2-0 libdeskbar-tracker libebook1.2-9 libecal1.2-7
>  libedata-book1.2-2 libedata-cal1.2-6 libedataserverui1.2-8 libeel2-2 
> libesd-alsa0 libexchange-storage1.2-3
>  libgail-gnome-module libgcj-bc libgcj8-1 libgconf2.0-cil libgdl-1-0 
> libgdl-gnome-1-0 libgnome-desktop-2
>  libgnome-window-settings1 libgnome2-0 libgnome2-perl libgnome2.0-cil 
> libgnomeui-0 libgtkhtml2.0-cil libgtkhtml3.14-19
>  libgtkhtml3.8-15 libgucharmap6 libhsqldb-java libjaxp1.3-java 
> libjline-java liblpint-bonobo0 libpanel-applet2-0
>  libpt-plugins-alsa libsdl1.2debian libsdl1.2debian-alsa 
> libservlet2.4-java libxalan2-java libxerces2-java nautilus
>  nautilus-cd-burner network-manager-gnome openoffice.org 
> openoffice.org-base openoffice.org-evolution
>  openoffice.org-java-common python-gnome2 python-gnome2-desktop 
> python-gnome2-extras rhythmbox serpentine sound-juicer
>  tomboy totem totem-gstreamer totem-mozilla tracker-search-tool 
> tsclient ubuntu-desktop ubuntu-docs ubuntu-minimal
>  update-notifier vino yelp
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 116 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> 1 not fully installed or removed.
> Need to get 0B of archives.
> After unpacking, 359MB disk space will be freed.
> Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
So, I hit 'Y' and here is what was yanked off my system:


(Reading database ... 89529 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing ekiga ...
Removing libpt-plugins-alsa ...
Removing libsdl1.2debian ...
Removing libsdl1.2debian-alsa ...
Removing ubuntu-desktop ...
Removing totem ...
Removing totem-mozilla ...
Removing totem-gstreamer ...
Removing rhythmbox ...
Removing sound-juicer ...
Removing serpentine ...
Removing gnome-media ...
Removing gnome-applets ...
Removing gstreamer0.10-plugins-good ...
Removing gstreamer0.10-alsa ...
Removing openoffice.org-evolution ...
Removing openoffice.org ...
Removing openoffice.org-base ...
Removing openoffice.org-java-common ...
Removing libxalan2-java ...
Removing libxerces2-java ...
Removing libhsqldb-java ...
Removing libservlet2.4-java ...
Removing libjaxp1.3-java ...
Removing bsh ...
Removing libjline-java ...
Removing gij ...
Removing gij-4.2 ...
Removing libgcj-bc ...
Removing libgcj8-1 ...
Removing fast-user-switch-applet ...
Removing gdm ...
Removing gnome-session ...
Removing alacarte ...
Removing gnome-panel ...
Removing nautilus-cd-burner ...
Removing nautilus ...
Removing gnome-terminal ...
Removing gnome-control-center ...
Removing tomboy ...
Removing compiz ...
Removing compiz-gnome ...
Removing tsclient ...
Removing gnome-orca ...
Removing libgail-gnome-module ...
Removing gnome-utils ...
Removing f-spot ...
Removing libgconf2.0-cil ...
Removing gnome-games ...
Removing libdeskbar-tracker ...
Removing deskbar-applet ...
Removing python-gnome2-extras ...
Removing python-gnome2-desktop ...
Removing gnome-power-manager ...
Removing gnome-pilot-conduits ...
Removing gnome-pilot ...
Removing gnome-netstatus-applet ...
Removing contact-lookup-applet ...
Removing evolution-plugins ...
Removing evolution-exchange ...
Removing evolution ...
Removing gtkhtml3.14 ...
Removing libgtkhtml3.14-19 ...
Removing eog ...
Removing tracker-search-tool ...
Removing libeel2-2 ...
Removing gnome-about ...
Removing gedit ...
Removing firefox-gnome-support ...
Removing file-roller ...
Removing evince ...
Removing ubuntu-docs ...
Removing gnome-user-guide ...
Removing yelp ...
Removing vino ...
Removing update-notifier ...
Removing network-manager-gnome ...
Removing libgnome2-perl ...
Removing gucharmap ...
Removing libgucharmap6 ...
Removing gthumb ...
Removing gnome-volume-manager ...
Removing gnome-spell ...
Removing hal-device-manager ...
Removing hwdb-client-gnome ...
Removing gnome-btdownload ...
Removing python-gnome2 ...
Removing gnome-keyring-manager ...
Removing libgdl-gnome-1-0 ...
Removing libgdl-1-0 ...
Removing gconf-editor ...
Removing evolution-webcal ...
Removing bug-buddy ...
Removing libexchange-storage1.2-3 ...
Removing libedataserverui1.2-8 ...
Removing evolution-data-server ...
Removing libedata-cal1.2-6 ...
Removing libedata-book1.2-2 ...
Removing libecal1.2-7 ...
Removing libebook1.2-9 ...
Removing liblpint-bonobo0 ...
Removing gstreamer0.10-esd ...
Removing bluez-utils ...
 * Stopping Bluetooth 
services                                                                                        
[ OK ]
Removing ubuntu-minimal ...
Removing alsa-utils ...
Removing libgnome-window-settings1 ...
Removing libgnome2.0-cil ...
Removing libgtkhtml2.0-cil ...
Removing libpanel-applet2-0 ...
Removing libgnome-desktop-2 ...
Removing libgtkhtml3.8-15 ...
Removing libgnomeui-0 ...
Removing libbonoboui2-0 ...
Removing libgnome2-0 ...
Removing libesd-alsa0 ...
Removing libasound2 ...
Processing triggers for libc6 ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place

I am sure ubuntu has a very good reason for removing 150 or so apps from 
my computer to help me install alsa...

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