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Old 11-19-2009, 03:07 PM   #1
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apt-get and linxpire


Is there a way to introduce a command to apt-get when, I am installing a package to get it to download and install all unmet dependencies for that package. For example what would the command look lie to download and install "wine" along with all the unment dependencies?
 
Old 11-19-2009, 03:19 PM   #2
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apt-get automatically checks for dependencies. The following command:
Quote:
apt-get install wine
should do it. In any case, do:
Quote:
man apt-get
to see how apt-get works.

http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/
 
Old 11-19-2009, 08:01 PM   #3
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This is the output that I am getting
pc1:~# cd '/root'
pc1:~# pat-get install wine
bash: pat-get: command not found
pc1:~# apt-get install wine
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:

Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies:
wine: Depends: wine-bin (= 1.0.1-1) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: wine-utils (= 1.0.1-1) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libwine-alsa (= 1.0.1-1) but it is not going to be installed or
libwine-oss (= 1.0.1-1) but it is not going to be installed or
libwine-esd (= 1.0.1-1) but it is not going to be installed or
libwine-jack (= 1.0.1-1) but it is not going to be installed or
libwine-nas (= 1.0.1-1) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libwine-gl (= 1.0.1-1) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libwine-print (= 1.0.1-1) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libwine-sane (= 1.0.1-1) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libwine-cms (= 1.0.1-1) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libwine-gphoto2 (= 1.0.1-1) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libwine-ldap (= 1.0.1-1) but it is not going to be installed
E: Sorry, broken packages
 
Old 11-20-2009, 05:45 PM   #4
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I forgot to specify that you need to be root to install most software, sorry about that. And exactly what OS are you trying to install this on?

Also your system may simply need to be updated. Or, perhaps apt-get is out-of-sync with the repositories for some reason.
 
Old 11-21-2009, 05:40 AM   #5
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linspire oem
 
Old 11-21-2009, 09:01 AM   #6
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Linspire has a good package manager, have you tried that? Using the command line is a good skill, but sometimes it's best to use the package manager to do these kinds of things.
 
Old 11-21-2009, 03:37 PM   #7
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Linspire CRN normally work well, apt is not configured by default, you have to add some repository if you want it to work, but it may break your system. If you want APT, use debian or ubuntu.
 
  


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