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Mon Feb 11 14:31:28 UTC 2008

On Fri, Feb 01, 2008 at 11:29:18PM -0500, 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

Hmm, I didn't think about that.  There is a newer libc version in the
new ubuntu.

> 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 guess I'll be entering 'Y' which is going to remove a bunch of 
> software from my computer for what reason I know not...

No you probably don't want to do that.  I think it might be necesary to
recompile the alsa packages against your version of libc.

Reinstalling your previous libasound2 version should fix things.
Simplest way is:
dpkg --force-depends --purge libasound2
apt-get install libasound2

To do that you have to get the .orig.tar.gz, .dsc and .diff.gz for each
of the directories.  For example:

dpkg-source -x alsa-utils_1.0.15-3ubuntu1.dsc
cd alsa-utils-1.0.15
dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc -b
(if it says any build dependancies are missing, then install those and
try again)
When it succeeds you can install the resulting .deb's found in the
parent directory.

I am not sure which order you have to do the alsa packages in, but it
should be pretty.

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Len Sorensen
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