[conspire] Re: I've requested an impossible (package installation) situation

[Eric De Mund]

Rick,

Thanks for your help. I'm running:

    % cat /etc/debian_version
    testing/unstable
    % 

with packages:

    % cat /etc/apt/sources.list
    ####################################################################
    ##                               ##                               ##
    ##                               ##    sources.list               ##
    ##                               ##                               ##
    ####################################################################

    # testing
    deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free

    # security
    deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free
    deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free

    # Debian Unofficial (includes JRE)
    # Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 11:29:00 PDT
    deb http://ftp.debian-unofficial.org/debian sarge main contrib non-free restricted

    # mplayer
    # 2005.06.12: stable renamed to "sarge"; testing to "etch"; unstable to "sid"
    deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ etch main

    ####################################################################
    ##                               ##                               ##
    ##    end                        ##    sources.list               ##
    ##                               ##                               ##
    ####################################################################
    % 

Actually, now I'm not sure how the file </etc/debian_version> has come
to report "unstable" there, in the mix....

] The really interesting part is the bit that kde-amusements "is not
] going to be installed". Sometimes, apt-get becomes oddly stupid, and
] you have to guide it by the hand, e.g., "sudo apt-get install
] kde-amusements" before being able to succeed with the larger
] operation. I'd try that, first.

I failed to mention, last post, that I tried that, with no luck.

] Package kdeaddons being not "installable" is a more serious matter.
] That generally means that a suitable version is not in the known
] packages for your branch. But you might just look in the package
] repository for a package that looks reasonable, ftp (or otherwise
] fetch) it to your machine and then "dpkg -i" (install package) it.

I similarly tried installing kdeaddons, too. If at all possible,
shouldn't I be able to get out of this mess the same way I got into it,
that is, by only using apt-get, rather than having to use dpkg?

Cheers,
Eric
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