unable to install libpq-dev in ubuntu 10.10
 

hi all,
I am trying to install postgresql db for using with metasploit on my ubuntu 10.10 instln.
I am using the following guide :-
I however, could not finish the step with installing libpq-dev which is required to install the db_driver postgresql.
I am using
sudo apt-get install libpq-dev
it complains about certain dependencies which are unresolved.
I tried out the synaptic and all the repositiories are added incl the mediubuntu !
Any ideas please
thanks in advance
nishith

Try with

or maybe you could force the .deb package to install.

Go to the path where the .deb is and run

and then

.

The first thing to suggest is : 'sudo apt-get update'

And : May be you have an incompatible repository added ? ?
Ubuntu natty ? Please have a look at /etc/apt/sources.list.


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Thanks a ton for the responses :-
and also
Have tried both but the problem remains even after that.
That is where the problem could be.... I tried out Synaptic the libpq-dev occurs in the list. But when I mark it for installation , it complains about two more deps and informs they won't be installed.
That clearly suggest probably they are not in the repos added on my pc. Now I have canonical and medibuntu repos. Do you suggest adding any thing else? Also please let me know how to check a incompatible repo ?
thanks in advance
nishith

Make real sure that the address for all your repos is for the same Ubuntu release.
Check every one of them. Could be you have an older one stuck in there or a newer one.

It could also be that the deps just have not caught up with the package quite yet and you need to wait a day or so. That strikes me as a little strange at this stage of the game. The 10.10 repos ought to be pretty stable by now.

I can tell you that it is in the Debian testing (Wheezy) repo. It is not one that I can get a change log on so it is not in the Debian testing main repo. Non the less it should work now or soon in Ubuntu. I did not try installing it as I have no use for it at this time and do not wnat it on here for no reason so I am not sure what, if anything, may be missing here.

Thanks a lot for the clue. I didnot find anything wrong on that. But I remembered that I had another pc on which ubuntu was installed and I could install the postgres and metasploit without any problem on it. So I copied and replaced the sources.list file from the other PC and then tried out :-
It worked like a breeze. So obviously it was a repo related problem.
thanks all of you.
nishith