On Sat, Dec 13, 2003 at 01:22:35PM -0500, Travis Crump wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >Under testing and gnome 2.2 I'm trying to install abiword issuing the > >command > >"apt-get install abiword". The installation fails immediatedly because > >(unfortunately I'm translating from Italian into English!) "Abiword > >depends on > >libperl5.6 (>= 5.6.1-8.3) while you're using version 5.6.1-8.2". After an > >"apt-get update; apt-get upgrade" I still have a libperl5.6 5.6.1-8.2 > >perfectly installed. > >Have I found a bug or there's something I can't catch? > > There isn't a testing abiword package right now; libperl5.6 isn't in > testing as well[perl is at 5.8]. Perhaps you are using stable?
Sounds like he's got both stable and testing in sources.list. This is a good example of how that results in confusion and tends to be a bad idea unless you're very familiar with both distributions. (That's not to say that there are no uninstallable packages in testing.) Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
