Hi all, [apols that this is a post from a few days ago to Sydney Linux Users Group. But I havev still no luck in solving the problem, maybe some one here can help or know if its an alpha problem only. ]
I am using Debian stable on Alpha LX164. I have downloaded vim sources via 'apt-get source vim' and wanted to get all the dependencies to build it so I used 'apt-get build-dep vim' but I got this... # apt-get build-dep vim Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done E: Some broken packages were found while trying to process build-dependencies. You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these. I did this - see below. The apt-howto manual also said that if I get broken packages that one can run the following two commands and try again. I did so but the apt-get build-dep still gives the same error. # apt-get -f install Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. # dpkg --configure -a # so all seems fine. I presume that apt-get check will also let me know of any broken packages so i tried that to check. Seems OK. I didnt think I had any broken packages anyways. martel:/etc/apt# apt-get check Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Whats the problem that stops me getting a build-dep for vim ? Mike -- -------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Lake Active caver, Linux enthusiast and interested in anything technical. --------------------------------------------------------------------
