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Old 09-03-2012, 01:57 PM   #1
khoraski
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Failing to Update and Install New Software


So I'm running Debian Whiite, which is PPC, and I tried installing GCC (with apt-get install gcc), but I got all these problems:

Code:
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  cpp-4.4: Depends: gcc-4.4-base (= 4.4.5-8) but it is not installable
           Depends: libc6 (>= 2.11) but 2.7-18 is to be installed
           Depends: libgmp3c2 but it is not going to be installed
           Depends: libmpfr4 but it is not installable
  g++-4.4: Depends: gcc-4.4-base (= 4.4.5-8) but it is not installable
           Depends: gcc-4.4 (= 4.4.5-8) but it is not installable
           Depends: libstdc++6-4.4-dev (= 4.4.5-8) but it is not installable
           Depends: libc6 (>= 2.11) but 2.7-18 is to be installed
           Depends: libgmp3c2 but it is not going to be installed
           Depends: libmpfr4 but it is not installable
  g++-4.4-multilib: Depends: gcc-4.4-base (= 4.4.5-8) but it is not installable
                    Depends: gcc-4.4-multilib (= 4.4.5-8) but it is not installable
                    Depends: lib64stdc++6 (>= 4.4.5-8) but it is not going to be installed
  gcc: Depends: cpp (>= 4:4.3.2-2) but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: gcc-4.3 (>= 4.3.2-1) but it is not going to be installed
       Recommends: libc6-dev but it is not going to be installed or
                   libc-dev
  python2.6: Depends: python2.6-minimal (= 2.6.8-0.2) but it is not installable
             Depends: mime-support but it is not going to be installed
             Depends: libdb5.1 but it is not installable
             Depends: libexpat1 (>= 2.1~beta3) but 2.0.1-4 is to be installed
             Depends: libreadline6 (>= 6.0) but it is not installable
             Depends: libsqlite3-0 (>= 3.5.9) but it is not going to be installed
             Depends: libtinfo5 but it is not installable
I wasn't really sure why it was saying that, so I thought maybe I should just update my system. But then I got this:

Code:
Ign http://mirrors.kernel.org lenny Release.gpg
Ign http://security.debian.org lenny/updates Release.gpg
Ign http://mirrors.kernel.org lenny Release
Ign http://security.debian.org lenny/updates Release
Ign http://mirrors.kernel.org lenny/main Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://security.debian.org lenny/updates/main Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://security.debian.org lenny/updates/contrib Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://mirrors.kernel.org lenny/contrib Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://security.debian.org lenny/updates/main Packages
Ign http://mirrors.kernel.org lenny/main Packages
Ign http://security.debian.org lenny/updates/contrib Packages
Ign http://mirrors.kernel.org lenny/contrib Packages
Err http://security.debian.org lenny/updates/main Packages
  404 Not Found [IP: 128.31.0.36 80]
Err http://security.debian.org lenny/updates/contrib Packages
  404 Not Found [IP: 128.31.0.36 80]
Err http://mirrors.kernel.org lenny/main Packages
  404 Not Found
Err http://mirrors.kernel.org lenny/contrib Packages
  404 Not Found
Bunch of 404 errors. Does this mean the system doesn't have support anymore?

And why aren't any of the GCC dependencies installable?

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Old 09-03-2012, 02:03 PM   #2
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You are running Debian 5/Lenny. Support for this version stopped in February. Upgrade your system to Debian 6/Squeeze.
 
Old 09-03-2012, 02:11 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by TobiSGD View Post
You are running Debian 5/Lenny. Support for this version stopped in February. Upgrade your system to Debian 6/Squeeze.
Why would they do that?

Guess I'll just have to update. Thanks for identifying the problem, though.

Last edited by khoraski; 09-03-2012 at 02:15 PM.
 
Old 09-03-2012, 02:23 PM   #4
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Edit:

Never mind, adjusted some stuff and it works.

Last edited by khoraski; 09-03-2012 at 02:35 PM.
 
Old 09-03-2012, 02:31 PM   #5
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Why would they do that?
Simple answer: Even the great number of Debian maintainers have limited capacity. At some point in time they have to stop support for older versions in favor of new ones.

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