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
>
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