Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > In <20090428142648.76754...@teksavvy.com>, JoeHill wrote: > >Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > >> In <20090428131409.036db...@teksavvy.com>, JoeHill wrote: > >> >node1:/home/joehill# aptitude -t unstable install xfdesktop4 > >> > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > >> > xfdesktop4: Depends: xfdesktop4-data (= 4.6.0-2) but it is not > >> > installable The following actions will resolve these dependencies: > >> > > >> >Keep the following packages at their current version: > >> >xfdesktop4 [Not Installed] > >> > > >> >I think what is likely happening is that a new enough xfdesktop simply > >> > has not been uploaded to unstable, but I am not sure how to check that > >> > :-\ > >> > >> apt-cache policy <package_name> > >> is what I use to check available versions. > > > >node1:/home/joehill# apt-cache policy xfdesktop4 > >xfdesktop4: > > Installed: (none) > > Candidate: 4.4.2-7 > > Version table: > > 4.6.0-2 0 > > 800 http://debian.yorku.ca unstable/main Packages > > 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status > > 4.4.2-7 0 > > 900 http://debian.yorku.ca testing/main Packages > > Did you run an 'apt-get update' or 'aptitude update'? That's required to > get new versions to show up as available.
I don't always remember, but I did this time. > >> I'm seeing xfdesktop4-data=4.6.1-1 in unstable and > >> xfdesktop4-data=4.4.2-7 in testing. I'm also now showing > >> xfdesktop4=4.6.1-1 in unstable and it might be installable--it versioned > >> Depend on xfdesktop4-data is certainly satisfiable. > >> > >> Try again? > > > >It's still doing the same thing. But what I'm not clear on is, it almost > > looks like it is saying that it wants an _older_ version of > > xfdesktop4-data...but then, I'm pretty new at this ;) > > It wants a version that exactly matches its version. Unfortunately, that > version is not available. xfdesktop4=4.6.0-2 isn't available in the main > archive anymore either. Okay, so I'm probably just stuck in between, as they're pushing out the new 4.6.1. I'll be patient :-) Many thanks. -- J -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org