Hello,
I am running Debian 3.1 and I'm trying to install a newer version of firefox using apt-get install. Unfortunately, there appears to be some sort of a dependency problem. I thought that apt would automatically take care of dependencies, but this was not the case.
I issue this command to install firefox:
sudo apt-get install firefox
This results in the following output:
Code:
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
firefox: Depends: iceweasel (>= 2.0.0.4-0etch1) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: iceweasel (< 2.0.0.4-0etch1.1~) but it is not going to be installed
libc6-dev: Depends: libc6 (= 2.3.2.ds1-22sarge4) but 2.3.6.ds1-13 is to be installed
libncurses5-dev: Depends: libncurses5 (= 5.4-4) but 5.5-5 is to be installed
locales: Depends: glibc-2.3.2.ds1-22sarge4
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
Unfortunately, using the
-f option does not help. It results in the same output.
What might cause apt-get to fail this way? How can I resolve this?