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tengun 11-18-2007 04:39 PM

"apt-get install" gives me a really long error list when I try to install xsane
 
Before this, I tried to install xsane by downloading the .deb installer package and issuing "dpkg -i xsane_0.99+0.991-2_i386.deb", and bash gave this output:

Quote:

Selecting previously deselected package xsane.
(Reading database ... 85703 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking xsane (from xsane_0.99+0.991-2_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of xsane:
xsane depends on xsane-common (= 0.99+0.991-2); however:
Package xsane-common is not installed.
xsane depends on libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.12.2); however:
Version of libatk1.0-0 on system is 1.9.1-0ubuntu1.0.0.50.linspire0.1.
xsane depends on libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4); however:
Package libcairo2 is not installed.
xsane depends on libfontconfig1 (>= 2.4.0); however:
Version of libfontconfig1 on system is 2.3.2-1.0.0.50.linspire0.4.
xsane depends on libgimp2.0 (>= 2.2.0+rel); however:
Package libgimp2.0 is not installed.
xsane depends on libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0); however:
Version of libglib2.0-0 on system is 2.6.3-1.0.0.50.linspire0.2.
xsane depends on libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.8.0); however:
Version of libgtk2.0-0 on system is 2.4.13-1.0.0.50.linspire0.5.0.0.m10.1.
xsane depends on libieee1284-3; however:
Package libieee1284-3 is not installed.
xsane depends on libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.14.8); however:
Version of libpango1.0-0 on system is 1.8.2-1.0.0.50.linspire0.3.
xsane depends on libpng12-0 (>= 1.2.13-4); however:
Version of libpng12-0 on system is 1.2.8rel-1.
xsane depends on libsane (>= 1.0.11-3); however:
Package libsane is not installed.
xsane depends on libusb-0.1-4 (>= 2:0.1.12); however:
Version of libusb-0.1-4 on system is 1:0.1.8-17.
xsane depends on libxfixes3 (>= 1:4.0.1); however:
Package libxfixes3 is not installed.
xsane depends on libxinerama1; however:
Package libxinerama1 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing xsane (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
xsane

That's a long list of libraries, and I'd read somewhere that apt-get tries to resolve dependencies, so I uncommented the lines in the /etc/apt/sources.list file to get apt-get working.

Anyhow, when I issued "apt-get install xsane", bash gave me this output:

Quote:

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:
libc6-dev: Depends: libc6 (= 2.3.2.ds1-19) but 2.3.6.ds1-13etch2 is to beinstalled or
libc6 (<= 2.3.2.ds1-19.0.0.50.0.0.0.0.m999) but 2.3.6.ds1-13etch2 is to be installed
locales: Depends: glibc-2.3.2.ds1-19 but it is not installable
sane: Depends: libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.12.2) but 1.9.1-0ubuntu1.0.0.50.linspire0.1 is to be installed
Depends: libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libfontconfig1 (>= 2.4.0) but 2.3.2-1.0.0.50.linspire0.4 is to be installed
Depends: libgimp2.0 (>= 2.2.0+rel) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0) but 2.6.3-1.0.0.50.linspire0.2 isto be installed
Depends: libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.8.0) but 2.4.13-1.0.0.50.linspire0.5.0.0.m10.1 is to be installed
Depends: libieee1284-3 but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.14.8) but 1.8.2-1.0.0.50.linspire0.3 is to be installed
Depends: libsane (>= 1.0.11-3) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libusb-0.1-4 (>= 2:0.1.12) but 1:0.1.8-17 is to be installed
Depends: libxfixes3 (>= 1:4.0.1) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libxinerama1 but it is not going to be installed
xsane: Depends: xsane-common (= 0.99+0.991-6) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.13.2) but 1.9.1-0ubuntu1.0.0.50.linspire0.1 is to be installed
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6-1) but 2.3.6.ds1-13etch2 is to be installed
Depends: libcairo2 (>= 1.4.0) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libfontconfig1 (>= 2.4.0) but 2.3.2-1.0.0.50.linspire0.4 is to be installed
Depends: libgimp2.0 (>= 2.4.0~rc1) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.14.0) but 2.6.3-1.0.0.50.linspire0.2 is to be installed
Depends: libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.10.12-3) but 2.4.13-1.0.0.50.linspire0.5.0.0.m10.1 is to be installed
Depends: libieee1284-3 but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.16.5) but 1.8.2-1.0.0.50.linspire0.3 is to be installed
Depends: libpng12-0 (>= 1.2.13-4) but 1.2.8rel-1 is to be installed
Depends: libsane (>= 1.0.11-3) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libusb-0.1-4 (>= 2:0.1.12) but 1:0.1.8-17 is to be installed
Depends: libxfixes3 (>= 1:4.0.1) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libxinerama1 but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libxrandr2 (>= 2:1.2.0) but 6.8.1-0.4.1.50.linspire0.2 isto be installed
Depends: zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-1) but 1:1.2.2-3.0.0.50.0.0.0.0.m1 is to be installed
W: Couldn't stat source package list ftp://non-us.debian.org sid/non-US/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/non-us.debian.org_debian-non-US_dists_sid_non-US_main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list ftp://non-us.debian.org sid/non-US/contrib Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/non-us.debian.org_debian-non-US_dists_sid_non-US_contrib_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list ftp://non-us.debian.org sid/non-US/non-free Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/non-us.debian.org_debian-non-US_dists_sid_non-US_non-free_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
So, as bash suggested, I issued "apt-get -f install", and then:

Quote:

Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Correcting dependencies... failed.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libc6-dev: Depends: libc6 (= 2.3.2.ds1-19) but 2.3.6.ds1-13etch2 is installed or
libc6 (<= 2.3.2.ds1-19.0.0.50.0.0.0.0.m999) but 2.3.6.ds1-13etch2 is installed
locales: Depends: glibc-2.3.2.ds1-19 but it is not installable
sane: Depends: libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.12.2) but 1.9.1-0ubuntu1.0.0.50.linspire0.1 is installed
Depends: libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4) but it is not installed
Depends: libfontconfig1 (>= 2.4.0) but 2.3.2-1.0.0.50.linspire0.4 is installed
Depends: libgimp2.0 (>= 2.2.0+rel) but it is not installed
Depends: libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0) but 2.6.3-1.0.0.50.linspire0.2 isinstalled
Depends: libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.8.0) but 2.4.13-1.0.0.50.linspire0.5.0.0.m10.1 is installed
Depends: libieee1284-3 but it is not installed
Depends: libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.14.8) but 1.8.2-1.0.0.50.linspire0.3 is installed
Depends: libsane (>= 1.0.11-3) but it is not installed
Depends: libusb-0.1-4 (>= 2:0.1.12) but 1:0.1.8-17 is installed
Depends: libxfixes3 (>= 1:4.0.1) but it is not installed
Depends: libxinerama1 but it is not installed
W: Couldn't stat source package list ftp://non-us.debian.org sid/non-US/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/non-us.debian.org_debian-non-US_dists_sid_non-US_main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list ftp://non-us.debian.org sid/non-US/contrib Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/non-us.debian.org_debian-non-US_dists_sid_non-US_contrib_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list ftp://non-us.debian.org sid/non-US/non-free Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/non-us.debian.org_debian-non-US_dists_sid_non-US_non-free_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.
E: Unable to correct dependencies

How do I correct these dependency problems other than manually looking for and installing the correct versions of all these packages? I do know that I have a debian-based system.

ultramancool 11-18-2007 04:54 PM

It seems you're trying to mix packages from debian, ubuntu and linspire. Bad idea. Don't do it. Stick to 1 distro, not 3, it won't work, you'll end up with broken binaries and dependency problems like this.


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