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Old 02-18-2009, 10:41 AM   #1
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Question Dependency is not satisfiable: libcairomm-1.0-1


The machine in question is running Ubuntu 8.04. I am trying to install gsmartcontrol. The package is not available in any of the repositories so I downloaded it from getdeb.net. It is version 0.8.3-0. When I try to install it I get the message referenced in the subject line of this post. If I look in synaptic I find that libcairomm-1.0-1 is already installed.

So my question is... Why does the installed library not meet the dependency requirements of the package??? Is this perhaps a bug in the package which I need to refer to the maintainer or something I need to look into on my end?

Thanks,

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Old 02-18-2009, 11:36 AM   #2
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Depends???

Hi...

You don't say wich architeture is your machine (there is x86 and x86_64 packs)...

But in the arch x86 version 0.8.3, there is depends list:
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Depends: libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.20.0), libc6 (>= 2.4), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libcairomm-1.0-1 (>= 1.6.4), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.4.0), libfreetype6 (>= 2.3.5), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.16.0), libglibmm-2.4-1c2a (>= 2.18.0), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.14.1), libgtkmm-2.4-1c2a (>= 1:2.13.8), libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.21.6), libpangomm-1.4-1 (>= 2.14.0), libpcre3 (>= 7.4), libsigc++-2.0-0c2a (>= 2.0.2), libstdc++6 (>= 4.2.1), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), at-spi, smartmontools
Had you checked all depends???
I.E. I had in intrepid x86_64 libcairomm-1.0-1 library installed with version 1.6.4-1.

good luck
 
Old 02-18-2009, 11:52 AM   #3
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Thanks armandrix. I am using x86. The version of libcairomm-1.0-1 which I have installed is 1.4.2-1 so that answers the reason for the error. Please tell me where I can find the "Depends" which you quoted. I looked around within the package and did not find a file by that name.

Thanks again,

Ken
 
Old 02-18-2009, 01:28 PM   #4
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Hi again Ken

I did downloaded the .deb package from getdeb, after I open it with ark, inside the package you'll find all the information you need.

About deps, you must check the repositories you have enabled in your apt sources.list archive "/etc/apt/" you can manage this with adept, synaptics or whatever you used to manage apt. Maybe multiverse or universe repos is needed??

Do not forget about apt-get update after change sources.list.
Then try "dpkg -i" to install downloaded .deb file, it must get rid of depends for you.


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Old 02-18-2009, 01:39 PM   #5
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I forgot to mention:
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inside the package you'll find all the information you need
inside the package you'll find another pack named control.tar.gz, there is a file named control inside it.

This file shows you all depends.
 
Old 02-18-2009, 03:06 PM   #6
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Thanks so much for your assistance armandrix. I have examined the control file and see the dependency issue as you had shown previously. I had a similar problem a while back and somehow determined that while I had the necessary libraries installed, they were of an earlier version and thus did not work. Now I know where to look to find the version which I need.

Regards,

Ken
 
  


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