i also get these errors when trying to install via apt-get
Code:
media:/usr/lib/win32# apt-get install mplayer-586
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
mplayer-586: Depends: libdirectfb-0.9-20 but it is not installable
Depends: libdvdread3 but it is not installable
Depends: liblircclient0 but it is not installable
Depends: libtheora0 but it is not installable
E: Broken packages
media:/usr/lib/win32# apt-get install mplayer-386
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
mplayer-386: Depends: libdirectfb-0.9-20 but it is not installable
Depends: libdvdread3 but it is not installable
Depends: liblircclient0 but it is not installable
Depends: libtheora0 but it is not installable
E: Broken packages
if apt-get is supposed to resolve, download, and install all required packages for software, then why will it not install, download, and configure those???
*frustration setting in*... very steep learning curve and trying not to get frustrated, but getting there very fast... at least with yum things WORKED....