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Old 04-06-2010, 01:23 PM   #1
jone kim
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Question installing pidgin2.6.6


I want to install pidgin2.6.6.

When I want to install pidgin via terminal it shows:


XXX@XXX-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install pidgin
[sudo] password for XXX:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... 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.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:


The following packages have unmet dependencies:
pidgin: Depends: libpurple0 (>= 1:2.6.0) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: perl (>= 5.10.0-19ubuntu1.1) but 5.10.0-19ubuntu1 is to be installed
Recommends: gstreamer0.10-plugins-good but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages

When I tried to install the dependencies,some of the dependencies can not be installed.
Can I fix this problem?
Can I install pidgin2.6.6.
 
Old 04-06-2010, 01:41 PM   #2
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Try doing
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sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -f
That usually fixes broken dependencies or at least gives you enough information to find out what to do next.
 
  


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