Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3149 mails)

[Tom Nielsen <tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I tried "apt-get install synaptic" and I got a dependency error on other
packages. Why should I get an dep error on other packages that don't
relate to synaptic? Here's my message:

server:~ # apt-get install synaptic
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:
  GConf: Depends: /sbin/install-info
  Netscape6: Depends: libodbc.so but it is not installable
             Depends: libodbcinst.so but it is not installable
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or
specify a solution).

Thoughts???

Thanks,
Tom



-----Forwarded Message-----

> From: Tom Nielsen <tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: tom2 <tom2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [Fwd: Re: [SLE] GUI for apt-get]
> Date: 27 Aug 2002 21:44:49 -0700
> 
> -----Forwarded Message-----
> 
> 
> > From: L. Mark Stone <LMStone@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: Tom Nielsen <tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: Re: [SLE] GUI for apt-get
> > Date: 27 Aug 2002 23:11:35 -0400
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Tue, 2002-08-27 at 19:46, Tom Nielsen wrote:
> > > After all the chit-chat about apt-get I got it. But I'm having a hard
> > > time following it. Is there a GUI for it?
> > 
> > Yes, it's called Synaptic and it's a neat tool.
> > 
> > It's a little rough around the edges (it crashes if I try to resize its
> > window while it is doing something), but it's quite handy.
> > 
> > Either log in as root and open up a console window, or open up a console
> > window as a regular user and execute "sux" (without quotes) to log in as
> > the super user.
> > 
> > Next, execute:
> > 
> >     apt-get update
> > 
> > to update your apt databases (assuming you've installed apt already),
> > then execute:
> > 
> >     apt-get install synaptic
> > 
> > Never hurts to run SuSEconfig after any package install.
> > 
> > You can then run Synaptic by typing "synaptic" from a console when
> > logged in as root or the super user. Or, you can type "sux -c synaptic"
> > from a console window when logged in as a regular user.
> > 
> > Separately, as a Linux newbie I confess I find most of the Linux
> > documentation heavy on describing the "rules of the game" without being
> > as clear on how the game is actually played.
> > 
> > In the case of apt, I play its game with three steps, in this order:
> > 
> > apt-get update		<= This command updates the local database
> > apt-get -S upgrade	<= This command Simulates a system upgrade
> > apt-get upgrade		<= Upgrades all already-installed packages
> > 
> > Synaptic is good for browsing new package descriptions and installing
> > new packages.
> > 
> > Best of luck!
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > ______________________________________________
> > Another Message From  L. Mark Stone
> > http://www.lmstone.com
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
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Tom Nielsen
Neuro Logic Systems
805.389.5435 x18
www.neuro-logic.com