Control: retitle -1 apt-get install <package>/<target> does not fetch dependencies from <target> Control: reassign -1 apt 1.0.9.8.4
On Mon, 2017-02-13 at 12:13 +0100, Markus Lindberg wrote: > Package: nvidia-driver > Version: 375.26-1~bpo8+1 > > I have tried two different methods to install the 'nvidia-driver' > package from the 'jessie-backports' repository using 'apt-get' and only > one method succeeds. As far as I know you can install a package from > 'jessie-backports' by using two different methods. Method one would be > to use the option 'apt-get install -t jessie-backports nvidia-driver' > and the second one would be 'apt-get install > nvidia-driver/jessie-backports'. But the second method fails for the > 'nvidia-driver' package. > > Here is a sample output from both commands: > > # apt-get install -t jessie-backports nvidia-driver > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > The following extra packages will be installed: > dkms glx-alternative-mesa glx-alternative-nvidia glx-diversions > libdrm-amdgpu1 libdrm-intel1 libdrm-nouveau2 libdrm-radeon1 libdrm2 > libegl-nvidia0 libegl1-glvnd-nvidia libegl1-mesa > libepoxy0 libfontenc1 libgbm1 libgl1-glvnd-nvidia-glx libgl1-mesa-dri > libgl1-mesa-glx libgl1-nvidia-glvnd-glx libglapi-mesa > libgldispatch0-nvidia libgles-nvidia1 libgles-nvidia2 > libgles1-glvnd-nvidia libgles2-glvnd-nvidia libglx-nvidia0 > libglx0-glvnd-nvidia libjansson4 libllvm3.8 libnvidia-cfg1 > libnvidia-eglcore libnvidia-glcore libnvidia-ml1 > libopengl0-glvnd-nvidia libpciaccess0 libtxc-dxtn-s2tc0 libvdpau1 > libvulkan1 libwayland-client0 libwayland-server0 libxaw7 libxcb-dri2-0 > libxcb-dri3-0 libxcb-glx0 libxcb-present0 > libxcb-shape0 libxcb-sync1 libxcb-xfixes0 libxfont1 libxkbfile1 > libxmu6 libxnvctrl0 libxshmfence1 libxt6 libxxf86vm1 > linux-headers-4.9.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 linux-headers-4.9.0-0.bpo.1-common > linux-headers-amd64 linux-kbuild-4.9 nvidia-alternative > nvidia-driver-bin nvidia-driver-libs nvidia-egl-common nvidia-egl-icd > nvidia-installer-cleanup nvidia-kernel-common > nvidia-kernel-dkms nvidia-kernel-support nvidia-legacy-check > nvidia-modprobe nvidia-persistenced nvidia-settings nvidia-support > nvidia-vdpau-driver nvidia-vulkan-common nvidia-vulkan-icd > update-glx x11-xkb-utils xfonts-base xfonts-encodings xfonts-utils > xserver-common xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-video-nvidia > Suggested packages: > python3-apport menu vulkan-utils xfs xserver xfonts-100dpi > xfonts-75dpi xfonts-scalable > Recommended packages: > nvidia-driver-libs-i386 > The following NEW packages will be installed: > dkms glx-alternative-mesa glx-alternative-nvidia glx-diversions > libdrm-amdgpu1 libdrm-intel1 libdrm-nouveau2 libdrm-radeon1 > libegl-nvidia0 libegl1-glvnd-nvidia libegl1-mesa libepoxy0 > libfontenc1 libgbm1 libgl1-glvnd-nvidia-glx libgl1-mesa-dri > libgl1-mesa-glx libgl1-nvidia-glvnd-glx libglapi-mesa > libgldispatch0-nvidia libgles-nvidia1 libgles-nvidia2 > libgles1-glvnd-nvidia libgles2-glvnd-nvidia libglx-nvidia0 > libglx0-glvnd-nvidia libjansson4 libllvm3.8 libnvidia-cfg1 > libnvidia-eglcore libnvidia-glcore libnvidia-ml1 > libopengl0-glvnd-nvidia libpciaccess0 libtxc-dxtn-s2tc0 libvdpau1 > libvulkan1 libwayland-client0 libwayland-server0 libxaw7 libxcb-dri2-0 > libxcb-dri3-0 libxcb-glx0 libxcb-present0 > libxcb-shape0 libxcb-sync1 libxcb-xfixes0 libxfont1 libxkbfile1 > libxmu6 libxnvctrl0 libxshmfence1 libxt6 libxxf86vm1 > linux-headers-4.9.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 linux-headers-4.9.0-0.bpo.1-common > linux-headers-amd64 linux-kbuild-4.9 nvidia-alternative nvidia-driver > nvidia-driver-bin nvidia-driver-libs nvidia-egl-common nvidia-egl-icd > nvidia-installer-cleanup nvidia-kernel-common > nvidia-kernel-dkms nvidia-kernel-support nvidia-legacy-check > nvidia-modprobe nvidia-persistenced nvidia-settings nvidia-support > nvidia-vdpau-driver nvidia-vulkan-common nvidia-vulkan-icd > update-glx x11-xkb-utils xfonts-base xfonts-encodings xfonts-utils > xserver-common xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-video-nvidia > The following packages will be upgraded: > libdrm2 > 1 upgraded, 84 newly installed, 0 to remove and 104 not upgraded. > Need to get 67.5 MB of archives. > After this operation, 256 MB of additional disk space will be used. > Do you want to continue? [Y/n] ^C > > # apt-get install nvidia-driver/jessie-backports > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > Selected version '375.26-1~bpo8+1' (Debian Backports:jessie-backports > [amd64]) for 'nvidia-driver' > Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have > requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable > distribution that some required packages have not yet been created > or been moved out of Incoming. > The following information may help to resolve the situation: > > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > nvidia-driver : Depends: nvidia-driver-libs (= 375.26-1~bpo8+1) but it > is not going to be installed > Depends: nvidia-driver-bin (= 375.26-1~bpo8+1) but it > is not going to be installed > Depends: xserver-xorg-video-nvidia (= 375.26-1~bpo8+1) > but it is not going to be installed > Depends: nvidia-vdpau-driver (= 375.26-1~bpo8+1) but > it is not going to be installed > Depends: nvidia-alternative (= 375.26-1~bpo8+1) but it > is not going to be installed > Depends: nvidia-kernel-dkms (= 375.26-1~bpo8+1) but it > is not going to be installed or > nvidia-kernel-375.26 > Recommends: nvidia-settings (>= 375) but it is not > going to be installed > Recommends: nvidia-persistenced but it is not going to > be installed > E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. > > As you can see the second commands fails as a result of unsolved > dependencies. The previous version of the 'nvidia-driver' package > '367.57-2~bpo8+1' could be installed using both methods. > > Some info about my system: > $ uname -o -m -r -v > 3.16.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.7-ckt25-1 (2016-03-06) x86_64 GNU/Linux Perhaps with the "-t" option it will also install dependencies from the selected target, but with the <package>/<target> it will not? But I haven't looked at the apt code so it's just pure speculation on my part. Since I can't see how it could be related to the package being installed given "-t <target>" works correctly, punting it to the good apt folks so that they can properly advise if necessary. Thanks! Kind regards, Luca Boccassi
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