On Sunday, 23 September 2012 at 14:16:45 UTC, Jordi Sayol wrote:
to install dmd2 on LinuxMint:
$ sudo gdebi dmd_2.060-0_amd64.deb
Even gdebi's not happy. I removed dmd:i386 and started fresh.
Here's a transcript:
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jason ~/Downloads $ sudo apt-get install -f
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no
longer required:
g++-4.6 libstdc++6-4.6-dev
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 61 not upgraded.
{ I judged these to be harmless to the state of things, so left
them there.}
jason ~/Downloads $ sudo gdebi dmd_2.060-0_i386.deb
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Building data structures... Done
Building data structures... Done
This package is uninstallable
Cannot install 'gcc:i386'
jason ~/Downloads $ apt-cache showpkg gcc:i386
Package: gcc:i386
Versions:
4:4.6.3-1ubuntu5
(/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise_main_binary-i386_Packages)
Description Language:
File:
/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise_main_binary-amd64_Packages
MD5: c7efd71c7c651a9ac8b2adf36b137790
Description Language: en
File:
/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise_main_i18n_Translation-en
MD5: c7efd71c7c651a9ac8b2adf36b137790
Reverse Depends:
dmd:i386,gcc:i386
varnish:i386,gcc:i386 3.3
build-essential:i386,gcc:i386 4:4.4.3
mythbuntu-desktop:i386,gcc:i386
lmbench:i386,gcc:i386
xubuntu-desktop:i386,gcc:i386
varnish:i386,gcc:i386 3.3
ubuntustudio-desktop:i386,gcc:i386
simgrid:i386,gcc:i386
sfront:i386,gcc:i386
prayer-templates-dev:i386,gcc:i386
pmk:i386,gcc:i386
pari-gp2c:i386,gcc:i386
octave3.2-headers:i386,gcc:i386
nypatchy:i386,gcc:i386
nana:i386,gcc:i386
mlton-compiler:i386,gcc:i386
lsb-build-cc3:i386,gcc:i386
lisaac:i386,gcc:i386 4.1
libdmalloc5:i386,gcc:i386
ksplice:i386,gcc:i386
intercal:i386,gcc:i386
ikiwiki-hosting-web:i386,gcc:i386
ichthux-desktop:i386,gcc:i386
goo:i386,gcc:i386
gobjc++:i386,gcc:i386 4:4.6.3-1ubuntu5
gnome-speech-swift:i386,gcc:i386
gnome-speech-dectalk:i386,gcc:i386
ghc:i386,gcc:i386 4:4.2
gcl:i386,gcc:i386
gccgo:i386,gcc:i386 4:4.6.3-1ubuntu5
gap-dev:i386,gcc:i386
frama-c-base:i386,gcc:i386
flex-old:i386,gcc:i386
faucc:i386,gcc:i386
f2c:i386,gcc:i386
ecl:i386,gcc:i386
cython-dbg:i386,gcc:i386
cython:i386,gcc:i386
cxref:i386,gcc:i386
cwebx:i386,gcc:i386
cpushare:i386,gcc:i386
cproto:i386,gcc:i386
codelite:i386,gcc:i386
codeblocks:i386,gcc:i386
ccontrol:i386,gcc:i386
cbmc:i386,gcc:i386
bochs:i386,gcc:i386
binfmtc:i386,gcc:i386
apt-build:i386,gcc:i386
anjuta:i386,gcc:i386
acovea:i386,gcc:i386
ubuntu-desktop:i386,gcc:i386
python-numpy:i386,gcc:i386
ocaml-nox:i386,gcc:i386
ocaml-native-compilers:i386,gcc:i386
libtool:i386,gcc:i386
libc6-dev:i386,gcc:i386
iconc:i386,gcc:i386
hardening-wrapper:i386,gcc:i386
gobjc:i386,gcc:i386 4:4.6.3-1ubuntu5
gfortran:i386,gcc:i386 4:4.6.3-1ubuntu5
gcc-multilib:i386,gcc:i386 4.6.1-2ubuntu5
gcc-multilib:i386,gcc:i386 4:4.6.3-1ubuntu5
gcc-doc:i386,gcc:i386 4:4.6.3-1ubuntu5
gcc,gcc:i386
g++:i386,gcc:i386 4:4.6.3-1ubuntu5
flex:i386,gcc:i386
cmake:i386,gcc:i386
build-essential:i386,gcc:i386 4:4.4.3
gcc-multilib,gcc:i386 4.6.1-2ubuntu5
gcc-4.6-doc,gcc:i386 2.7.2.3-4.3
gcc-4.5-doc,gcc:i386 2.7.2.3-4.3
gcc-4.4-doc,gcc:i386 2.7.2.3-4.3
virtualbox-4.1:i386,gcc:i386
Dependencies:
4:4.6.3-1ubuntu5 - cpp:i386 (2 4:4.6.3-1ubuntu5) gcc-4.6:i386 (2
4.6.3-1~) gcc-multilib:i386 (0 (null)) make:i386 (0 (null))
manpages-dev:i386 (0 (null)) autoconf:i386 (0 (null))
automake1.9:i386 (0 (null)) libtool:i386 (0 (null)) flex:i386 (0
(null)) bison:i386 (0 (null)) gdb:i386 (0 (null)) gcc-doc:i386 (0
(null)) libc6-dev:i386 (16 (null)) libc-dev:i386 (0 (null))
gcc-doc (3 1:2.95.3) gcc-doc:i386 (3 1:2.95.3) gcc (0 (null))
Provides:
4:4.6.3-1ubuntu5 - c-compiler:i386
Reverse Provides:
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So gcc seems to be installed right (indeed, I use it regularly),
but for some reason, the package dependencies or particulars
don't wire up right. Other ideas?
Jason
