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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 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.
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.
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.
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