On 2011-01-24 19:30 +0100, Bob Proulx wrote: > Pierre Frenkiel wrote: >> ==>apt-get install gnome-network-admin >> ... >> The following packages have unmet dependencies: >> gnome-network-admin : Depends: gnome-system-tools but it is not going to >> be installed >> E: Broken packages >> ... >> ii gnome-system-tools 2.30.2-2 Cross-platform . . . > > That does seem strange. I expect apt to produce version numbers for > the packages listed. > > This should install on Lenny okay. I do not have it installed but a > simulation (apt-get install -s) shows: > > # apt-get install -s gnome-network-admin > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > The following extra packages will be installed: > gksu gnome-system-tools libgksu2-0 libiw29 > Suggested packages: > samba-common wvdial > The following NEW packages will be installed: > gksu gnome-network-admin gnome-system-tools libgksu2-0 libiw29 > 0 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > Inst libgksu2-0 (2.0.7-1 Debian:5.0.7/stable) > Inst gksu (2.0.0-8 Debian:5.0.7/stable) > Inst libiw29 (29-1.1 Debian:5.0.7/stable) > Inst gnome-system-tools (2.22.0-4 Debian:5.0.7/stable) > Inst gnome-network-admin (2.22.0-4 Debian:5.0.7/stable) > Conf libgksu2-0 (2.0.7-1 Debian:5.0.7/stable) > Conf gksu (2.0.0-8 Debian:5.0.7/stable) > Conf libiw29 (29-1.1 Debian:5.0.7/stable) > Conf gnome-system-tools (2.22.0-4 Debian:5.0.7/stable) > Conf gnome-network-admin (2.22.0-4 Debian:5.0.7/stable) > > But in Sid/Squeeze it is now a virtual package provided by > gnome-system-tools.
Yes, and in Sid "apt-get install -s gnome-network-admin" tells that apt actually would install gnome-system-tools instead. > What version of Debian are you trying to install this upon? Lenny, > Squeeze or Sid? > >> Can you tell me whether "Broken package" apply to gnome-system-tools or to >> gnome-network-admin, and if there is a way to solve the problem. Actually no packages seem to be broken actually. > I conclude that your /etc/apt/sources.list file is broken. Please > post the contents of it. > > cat /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/* I suspect Pierre has both Lenny and Squeeze in sources.list, and that apt-get somehow stumbles over the fact that gnome-network-admin is a real package in Lenny but a virtual package in Squeeze. Anyway, the error message seems to be totally bogus. Which is not unusual, I have never seen apt-get putting out any useful diagnostics. Sven -- 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/87fwsiw3bb....@turtle.gmx.de