Levi Bard wrote:
>>I always heard how wonderful apt-get was at resolving dependancies. But
>>I'm not seeing that.
>>I'm trying to do
>>apt-get upgrade
>>and I get the following message:
>>Reading Package Lists... Done
>>Building Dependency Tree... Done
>>You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these.
>>Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies:
>> amanda-server: Depends: amanda-common (= 1:2.4.3-1) but 1:2.4.4-1 is
>>installed
>>E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.
>>
>>Why doesn't apt-get get the 1:2.4.4-1 version of amanda-common?
>>Since I don't need amanda-server, can I remove amanda-common or not have
>>apt-get upgrade the amanda server? Forcing something always make me
>>nervious.
>>
>>
>
>First, -f isn't force, it's "fix missing". The reason apt isn't
>automagically fixing this is because it would be forcing you to downgrade
>your version of amanda-common from 2.4.4 to 2.4.3. You will also
>sometimes get this message when an apt operation has previously failed or
>been killed before completion. Running `apt-get -f install` will fix
>dependencies and complete any unfinished installation/upgrading that may
>have been interrupted.
>
>If you're having trouble with apt, there's a great GUI tool called
>synaptic (I used to use gnome-apt, but synaptic is leaps && bounds ahead
>of it now) that lets you perform various apt/dpkg operations in an
>intuitive way.
>
>Levi
>
>
Thanks Levi,
That was informative. I'll check out synaptic.
Mike M
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