installation of xlibs-dev

rohr · 01-18-2005, 11:54 AM

hello,
i try to install the following via
#apt-get install <package-name>
1) tcl8.3
2) tcl8.3-dev
3) tk8.3
4) tk8.3-dev

no problems with 1,2,3 but when i come up to the last i receive error message like this:

Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies:
tk8.3-dev: Depends: xlibs-dev but it is not going to be installed
E: Sorry, broken packages

and prompts me again.

Any idea welcome!

m_yates · 01-18-2005, 01:48 PM

Do you happen to run a mixed testing/unstable or stable/testing system? If so, you may need to put the "-t" flag to get all dependencies installed:

Code:

apt-get install -t testing tk8.3-dev

Otherwise, you may want to try:

Code:

apt-get install xlibs-dev

and see what error you get. You can also manually install xlibs-dev from: http://packages.debian.org/stable/devel/tk8.3-dev Just download the deb file and install with "dpkg -i xlibs-dev*.deb"

rohr · 01-19-2005, 03:32 AM

Well, since someone else installed Debian on this pc i am working on, first of all i need to know how to check which version i am currently using of Debian, then i'll try the commands you gave me:
#apt-get install -t "my_version" tk8.3-dev
or
#dpkg -i xlibs-dev*.deb

Anyway, i also tried to run:

#apt-get install xlibs-dev

and i got the following:

Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies:
xlibs-dev: Depends: xlibs (= 4.3.0-0ds2.0.0woody2) but 4.1.0-16 is to be installed
E: Sorry, broken packages

Thank you!

m_yates · 01-19-2005, 11:07 AM

You can try:

Code:

nano /etc/apt/apt.conf

and see what it says for default release. If that file doesn't exist, try:

Code:

nano /etc/apt/sources.list

and see if the sources are for "stable", "testing", or "unstable".

It looks to me like the error is because you are using xlibs from stable (version 4.1.0), but the package requires xlibs version 4.3.0 (available in testing). If you add testing sources, you can install the file. If you make your sources.list file look like:

Code:

#Stable
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stable main non-free contrib
deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free

#Testing
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian testing main non-free contrib
deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US testing/non-US main contrib non-free

You will have testing and stable sources. After running:

Code:

apt-get update

the testing packages will be available to install. If you then run:

Code:

apt-get install x-window-system

it will upgrade your X windows from version 4.1 to 4.3. If you then run:

Code:

apt-get install tk8.3-dev

it will also install the required files from testing.

Note: If you do what I said above, any time you install new software, it will automatically come from the "testing" branch because packages are newer versions than stable. If you prefer to keep most things stable, you should read about pinning: http://jaqque.sbih.org/kplug/apt-pinning.html

rohr · 01-21-2005, 02:26 AM

Well, it worked fine using:

#apt-get install -t stable tk8.3-dev

Thank you!
I'm now considering to upgrade system to testing. But that's another matter.
Bye.