On Thu, Apr 01, 2010 at 12:18:24 -0700, Ernie Dunbar wrote: > For future reference, the solution to this problem is to manually download > the .deb file from the Debian website, then force the install like this: > > dpkg -i --force-depends locales_2.7-18lenny2_all.deb > > This works without issue because the package dependency 'glibc-2.7-1' is a > dummy package, and the real package that locales really requires is > already installed, but the installer doesn't know this. > > This issue may also exist because of a system that was upgraded (this > system used to run Etch) or one that is in limbo between Testing and > Stable (which may be the case here, but I can't recall).
For future reference: 1) You reduce the likelihood of someone bothering to help you if you keep violating basic email etiquette by repeated top-posting and by snipping attributions. 2) glibc-2.7-1 is not a dummy package, but rather a virtual package that is provided by package libc6, version 2.7-18lenny2, on a properly installed and updated Lenny system. If a dependency on glibc-2.7-1 cannot be satisfied on your computer, or if your package manager is mistaken about your installed version of libc6, then you may have a serious unsolved problem lurking somewhere. -- Regards, | Florian | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100401202038.gb31...@bavaria.univ-lyon1.fr