I have an unstable system on which I'm trying to install g++ but I've been getting the below dependency problem for about a month. Could somebody highlight whether this is just an 'unstable' "some packages just not ready" issue or something deeper? I've included what I think is all the required info. Thanks, Michael
Script started on Sat 27 Jan 2007 14:18:36 GMT ~$ sudo apt-get install g++ Reading Package Lists... 0%Reading Package Lists... 100%Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... 0%Building Dependency Tree... 0%Building Dependency Tree... 50%Building Dependency Tree... 50%Building Dependency Tree... 84%Building Dependency Tree... Done 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. Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that the package is simply not installable and a bug report against that package should be filed. The following information may help to resolve the situation: The following packages have unmet dependencies: g++: Depends: g++-4.1 (>= 4.1.1-2) but it is not going to be installed E: Broken packages ~$ sudo apt-get install g++-4.1 Reading Package Lists... 0%Reading Package Lists... 100%Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... 0%Building Dependency Tree... 0%Building Dependency Tree... 50%Building Dependency Tree... 50%Building Dependency Tree... 84%Building Dependency Tree... Done 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. Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that the package is simply not installable and a bug report against that package should be filed. The following information may help to resolve the situation: The following packages have unmet dependencies: g++-4.1: Depends: libstdc++6-4.1-dev (= 4.1.1-21) but it is not going to be installed E: Broken packages ~$ sudo apt-get install libstdc++6-4.1-dev Reading Package Lists... 0%Reading Package Lists... 100%Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... 0%Building Dependency Tree... 0%Building Dependency Tree... 50%Building Dependency Tree... 50%Building Dependency Tree... 84%Building Dependency Tree... Done 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. Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that the package is simply not installable and a bug report against that package should be filed. The following information may help to resolve the situation: The following packages have unmet dependencies: libstdc++6-4.1-dev: Depends: libc6-dev (>= 2.3.6-7) but it is not going to be installed E: Broken packages ~$ sudo apt-get install libc6-dev Reading Package Lists... 0%Reading Package Lists... 100%Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... 0%Building Dependency Tree... 0%Building Dependency Tree... 50%Building Dependency Tree... 50%Building Dependency Tree... 84%Building Dependency Tree... Done 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. Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that the package is simply not installable and a bug report against that package should be filed. The following information may help to resolve the situation: The following packages have unmet dependencies: libc6-dev: Depends: libc6 (= 2.3.6.ds1-10) but 2.3.6-15 is to be installed E: Broken packages ~$ sudo apt-get install libc4 6 Reading Package Lists... 0%Reading Package Lists... 100%Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... 0%Building Dependency Tree... 0%Building Dependency Tree... 50%Building Dependency Tree... 50%Building Dependency Tree... 84%Building Dependency Tree... Done libc6 is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 255 not upgraded. ~$ dpkg -l libc6 Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-==============-==============-============================================ ii libc6 2.3.6-15 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ~$ uname -a Linux p3-450 2.6.8-2-686 #1 Thu May 19 17:53:30 JST 2005 i686 GNU/Linux ~$ Script done on Sat 27 Jan 2007 14:19:47 GMT -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
