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@neuro-logic.com> To: tom2 <tom2@neuro-logic.com> Subject: [Fwd: Re: [SLE] GUI for apt-get] Date: 27 Aug 2002 21:44:49 -0700
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From: L. Mark Stone <LMStone@LMStone.com> To: Tom Nielsen <tom@neuro-logic.com> 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!
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On 28 Aug 2002 09:00:13 -0700 Tom Nielsen <tom@neuro-logic.com> wrote:
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).
Well, I have more experience of apt in a Debian setting, but very often repeating "apt-get -f install" will solve the problem; you may need to do it a few times. It doesn't necessarily mean that synaptic needs these packages - a previous install may not have completed because of failed dependencies (ie, Netscape 6). I have had similar problems and in my opinion, the best solution is to get rid of Netscape 6 - do you really want it anyway? It's just a slower version of Mozilla. David -- "The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory." (Paul Fix)
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