I just got this error after doing a glibc update.... rebooting (shudder) fixed it for me.
+-------------+---------------------------------------------+ | Byron Clark | GnuPG Fingerprint: 0365 6979 6C3E BC0C 56C0 | | | FB7F 12B3 75DD 042B EA68 | +-------------+---------------------------------------------+ On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 02:23:59PM -0700, Michael L Torrie wrote: > The bug is actually in apt, not rpm. Anytime you get this error (until > they release the fix), remove the .bin files in /var/cache/apt. > > Michael > > > On Tue, 2003-04-01 at 23:51, John Noll wrote: > > I was trying to install mplayer using apt, but when I type apt-get install > > mplayer I get a whole bunch of stuff spit out on the command line like the > > following > > > > xpdf: Depends: /bin/sh but it is not installable > > xsane-gimp: PreDepends: /usr/bin/awk but it is not installable > > PreDepends: /bin/sh but it is not installable > > PreDepends: /bin/sh but it is not installable > > xscreensaver: Depends: /usr/games/fortune but it is not installable > > Depends: /etc/pam.d/system-auth but it is not installable > > Depends: /bin/sh but it is not installable > > Depends: /usr/bin/perl but it is not installable > > ypbind: PreDepends: /sbin/chkconfig but it is not installable > > PreDepends: /bin/sh but it is not installable > > PreDepends: /bin/sh but it is not installable > > PreDepends: /bin/sh but it is not installable > > Depends: /bin/bash but it is not installable > > zlib: PreDepends: /sbin/ldconfig but it is not installable > > PreDepends: /sbin/ldconfig but it is not installable > > E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f. > > > > I think it spits out these same messages for every package installed on my system. > > > > I later found the same result when I tried apt-get upgrade. > > > > Can someone please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > > > Thanks, > > > > john > > > > > > > > ____________________ > > BYU Unix Users Group > > http://uug.byu.edu/ > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list > -- > Michael L Torrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > ____________________ > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
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