[SOLVED] Apt-get install -f doesn't work?

Super TWiT · 03-27-2011, 05:37 PM

When I use apt-get install -f stable, my system goes ahead and installs it from testing anyway. I am trying to get the thing to do apt-pinning. Here is my /etc/apt/sources.list:

Code:

# 
# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 5.0.7 _Lenny_ - Official Multi-architecture amd64/i386/powerpc NETINST #1 20101128-01:15]/ lenny main

#deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 5.0.7 _Lenny_ - Official Multi-architecture amd64/i386/powerpc NETINST #1 20101128-01:15]/ lenny main

deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main non-free contrib 
deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main non-free contrib

deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main

deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free

deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stable main non-free contrib
deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stable main non-free contrib

deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian experimental main non-free contrib
deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian experimental main non-free contrib

And here's my /etc/preferences file:

Code:

Package: *
Pin: release o=Debian,a=testing
Pin-Priority: 700

Package: *
Pin: release o=Debian,a=unstable
Pin-Priority: 650

Package: *
Pin: release o=Debian,a=stable
Pin-Priority: 600

Package: *
Pin: release o=Debian,a=experimental
Pin-Priority: 550

Any Ideas?

TobiSGD · 03-27-2011, 06:42 PM

You have pinned Testing higher than Stable, therefore all installs will be done from this repository, unless you specify to use a different repository.
The command you gave:

Code:

apt-get install -f stable

will try to fix your dependency chain and install a package named stable.
The switch to specify the repository for apt-get is -t, so that your command should look like this:

Code:

apt-get -t stable -f install

I strongly recommend to not mix repositories (especially not all four of them), unless you know exactly what you are doing, and how to achieve what you want to do. Otherwise chances are very high that you will break your system.

Super TWiT · 04-01-2011, 02:03 PM

I figured out the problem... Either I was using "-f" when I meant to use "-t" (I read the manual, but must have just been stupid) or I was looking at the dependencies that it was installing, since it still installs the dependencies from your main repo, but the package you specifically mentioned it installs from the specifically mentioned repository. (Looking at the commandline history it looks like I did infact use -t but must have been looking at the dependencies it installed or something)