Tim on IRC suggested the following wordaround that worked: apt-get -f install; apt-get install build-essential;
That removed tasksel and its dependencies and installed the build tools. ~Anil On 8/12/08, Erast Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think that you could substitute some of the packages from > Elatte/Dapper. (NCP 1.0). > > Two apt-get/dpkg options could be especially helpful here: > > apt-get --reinstall install ... > > dpkg --force-all ... > > But long term - we need to add missing packages to the NCP 2.0 > repository.. > > > On Tue, 2008-08-12 at 11:23 +0530, Anil Gulecha wrote: > > I installed ncp2 on VMware server on ubuntu guest and logged in. I > > cant pull in build-essential: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# apt-get update > > Get:1 http://apt.nexenta.org hardy-unstable Release.gpg [187B] > > Get:2 http://apt.nexenta.org hardy-unstable Release [7103B] > > Get:3 http://apt.nexenta.org hardy-unstable/main Packages [648kB] > > Get:4 http://apt.nexenta.org hardy-unstable/contrib Packages [14B] > > Get:5 http://apt.nexenta.org hardy-unstable/non-free Packages [3239B] > > Get:6 http://apt.nexenta.org hardy-unstable/main Sources [165kB] > > Get:7 http://apt.nexenta.org hardy-unstable/contrib Sources [14B] > > Get:8 http://apt.nexenta.org hardy-unstable/non-free Sources [1674B] > > Fetched 825kB in 12s (66.2kB/s) > > Reading package lists... Done > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# apt-get install build-essentials > > Reading package lists... Done > > Building dependency tree... Done > > E: Couldn't find package build-essentials > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# apt-get install build-essential > > Reading package lists... Done > > Building dependency tree... Done > > You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these: > > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > > build-essential: Depends: libc6-dev but it is not going to be installed > or > > libc-dev but it is not going to be installed > > Depends: type-handling but it is not going to be > installed > > tasksel: Depends: aptitude (>= 0.2.15-1) but it is not installable > > E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or > > specify a solution). > > > > How is the gnusolaris.org machine currently setup.. with ncp1 + > > devzone. From what Tim metioned on IRC, I gathered a similar setup > > could be done locally (using ncp1 or 2a). > > > > regards > > Anil > > > _______________________________________________ > > gnusol-devel mailing list > > gnusol-devel@lists.sonic.net > > http://lists.sonic.net/mailman/listinfo/gnusol-devel > > > > _______________________________________________ gnusol-devel mailing list gnusol-devel@lists.sonic.net http://lists.sonic.net/mailman/listinfo/gnusol-devel
