Public bug reported: On a fresh install of Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty), 'childsplay' fails to install properly.
$ sudo aptitude install childsplay This is the following error: Reading package lists... Building dependency tree... Reading state information... Reading extended state information... Initializing package states... Building tag database... The following packages are BROKEN: childsplay python-pygame The following NEW packages will be automatically installed: childsplay-alphabet-sounds-ca childsplay-plugins libsdl-image1.2 python-pyfribidi The following packages have been kept back: rhythmbox The following NEW packages will be installed: childsplay-alphabet-sounds-ca childsplay-plugins libsdl-image1.2 python-pyfribidi 0 packages upgraded, 6 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded. Need to get 10.9MB of archives. After unpacking 15.6MB will be used. The following packages have unmet dependencies: python-pygame: Depends: libsdl-mixer1.2 (>= 1.2.6) which is a virtual package. Depends: libsdl-ttf2.0-0 which is a virtual package. Depends: libsmpeg0 which is a virtual package. childsplay: Depends: ttf-dustin which is a virtual package. Resolving dependencies... The following actions will resolve these dependencies: Keep the following packages at their current version: childsplay [Not Installed] childsplay-alphabet-sounds-ca [Not Installed] childsplay-plugins [Not Installed] python-pygame [Not Installed] Score is -9974 Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] I then tried to install 'libsdl-mixer1.2', 'libsdl-ttf2.0-0', 'libsmpeg0' and 'ttf-dustin' but they all do not exist. ~$ sudo aptitude install libsdl-mixer1.2 libsdl-ttf2.0-0 libsmpeg0 ttf-dustin Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Building tag database... Done No candidate version found for libsdl-mixer1.2 No candidate version found for libsdl-ttf2.0-0 No candidate version found for libsmpeg0 No candidate version found for ttf-dustin The following packages have been kept back: rhythmbox 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used. Writing extended state information... Done ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New -- [feisty] 'childsplay' has broken dependencies https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/234420 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs