Gulillem,
Thanks for the response. I am new to Debian and all of this is very
confusing to me.
1.
dpkg -l base-files
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Cfg-files/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-==============-==============-============================================
ii base-files 5.0.0 Debian base system miscellaneous files
2. Tried to install the latest Xemacs and got this:
# aptitude show xemacs2? | grep Pack
Package: xemacs21-support
Package: xemacs21-gnome-mule
Package: xemacs-support
Package: xemacs21-gnome-nomule
Package: xemacs21-bin
Package: xemacs21-gnome-mule-canna-wnn
Package: xemacs21-supportel
Package: xemacs21-mulesupport-el
Package: xemacs21
Package: xemacs22
Package: xemacs21-basesupport
Package: xemacs21-mule
Package: xemacs21-mule-canna-wnn
Package: xemacs22-bin
Package: xemacs21-mulesupport
Package: xemacs21-basesupport-el
Package: xemacs-widget
Package: xemacs21-nomule
Package: xemacs
hplaptop:~# aptitude show xemacs | grep Pack
Package: xemacs
hplaptop:~# aptitude install xemacs
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Reading task descriptions... Done
No candidate version found for xemacs
No candidate version found for xemacs
No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed.
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 47 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
Writing extended state information... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Reading task descriptions... Done
Then this:
# aptitude install xemacs22
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Reading task descriptions... Done
No candidate version found for xemacs22
No candidate version found for xemacs22
No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed.
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 47 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
Writing extended state information... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Reading task descriptions... Done
Hope this helps? Really don't want to install from source.
Guillem Jover wrote:
Hi!
On Fri, 2010-02-05 at 13:31:30 -0800, william estrada wrote:
Package: dpkg
Version: 1.15.5.6
Severity: normal
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
hplaptop:~# aptitude install xemacs21
[...]
The following packages are BROKEN:
dpkg
The following NEW packages will be installed:
xemacs21 xemacs21-bin{a} xemacs21-mule{a} xemacs21-support{a}
0 packages upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 40 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/7,129kB of archives. After unpacking 19.7MB will be used.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
dpkg: Breaks: xemacs21-support (< 21.4.22-2) but 21.4.21-4 is to be
installed.
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
That's due to the install-info transition, you should upgrade xemacs21
to a version>= 21.4.22-2.
Downgrade the following packages:
dpkg [1.15.5.6 (testing, now) -> 1.14.28 (stable)]
Score is 80
Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] y
The following packages will be DOWNGRADED:
dpkg
The following NEW packages will be installed:
xemacs21 xemacs21-bin{a} xemacs21-mule{a} xemacs21-support{a}
0 packages upgraded, 4 newly installed, 1 downgraded, 0 to remove and 40 not
upgraded.
Need to get 0B/9,482kB of archives. After unpacking 20.4MB will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?]
And downgrades are not usually supported, but ...
Writing extended state information... Done
dpkg: warning: downgrading dpkg from 1.15.5.6 to 1.14.28.
(Reading database ... 157978 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace dpkg 1.15.5.6 (using .../archives/dpkg_1.14.28_i386.deb)
...
Unpacking replacement dpkg ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/dpkg_1.14.28_i386.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite '/etc/dpkg/origins/debian', which is also in package
base-files 0:5.0.0
... this seems very strance as base-files 5.0.0 should not be shipping
/etc/dpkg/origins/debian at all. Could you check in your logs [0] if you
have upgraded base-files recently? Also output from 'dpkg -l base-files'
would be useful.
[0] /var/log/dpkg.log* and /var/log/aptitude*
regards,
guillem
--
William Estrada
Mt Umunhum, CA, USA
HTTP://64.124.13.3 ( Mt-Umunhum-Wireless.net )
Aptitude 0.4.11.11: log report
Fri, Feb 5 2010 13:21:17 -0800
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[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libsoup2.4-1
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] python-coherence
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] python-glade2
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] python-gnome2
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] python-gtk2
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] python-gtk2-dev
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] python-gtk2-doc
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] python-gtksourceview2
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] xscreensaver
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] xscreensaver-data
[HOLD] acpid
[HOLD] bash
[HOLD] g++
[HOLD] libburn4
[HOLD] libdb4.6
[HOLD] libdb4.8
[HOLD] libisofs6
[HOLD] libnspr4-dev
[HOLD] libsasl2-2
[HOLD] libsoup-gnome2.4-1
[HOLD] libusb-0.1-4
[HOLD] menu
[HOLD] python-gconf
===============================================================================
Log complete.
Aptitude 0.4.11.11: log report
Fri, Feb 5 2010 13:21:37 -0800
IMPORTANT: this log only lists intended actions; actions which fail due to
dpkg problems may not be completed.
Will install 5 packages, and remove 0 packages.
20.4MB of disk space will be used
===============================================================================
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] cpp
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] dash
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] dpkg-dev
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] gcc
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] gcj-jre-headless
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] gij
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libdb4.7
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libdb4.7-java
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libdb4.7-java-gcj
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libgcj-bc
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libgcj-common
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libgssdp-1.0-2
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libgupnp-1.0-3
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libmx4j-java
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libnspr4-0d
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libsasl2-modules
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libservlet2.4-java
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libsoup2.4-1
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] python-coherence
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] python-glade2
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] python-gnome2
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] python-gtk2
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] python-gtk2-dev
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] python-gtk2-doc
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] python-gtksourceview2
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] xscreensaver
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] xscreensaver-data
[INSTALL, DEPENDENCIES] xemacs21-bin
[INSTALL, DEPENDENCIES] xemacs21-mule
[INSTALL, DEPENDENCIES] xemacs21-support
[DOWNGRADE] dpkg 1.15.5.6 -> 1.14.28
[HOLD] acpid
[HOLD] bash
[HOLD] g++
[HOLD] libburn4
[HOLD] libdb4.6
[HOLD] libdb4.8
[HOLD] libisofs6
[HOLD] libnspr4-dev
[HOLD] libsasl2-2
[HOLD] libsoup-gnome2.4-1
[HOLD] libusb-0.1-4
[HOLD] menu
[HOLD] python-gconf
[INSTALL] xemacs21
===============================================================================
Log complete.
Aptitude 0.4.11.11: log report
Sat, Feb 6 2010 12:46:45 -0800
IMPORTANT: this log only lists intended actions; actions which fail due to
dpkg problems may not be completed.
Will install 0 packages, and remove 0 packages.
===============================================================================
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] cpp
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] dash
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] dpkg-dev
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] gcc
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] gcj-jre-headless
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] gij
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libdb4.7
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libdb4.7-java
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libdb4.7-java-gcj
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libgcj-bc
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libgcj-common
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libgssdp-1.0-2
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libgupnp-1.0-3
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libmx4j-java
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libnspr4-0d
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libsasl2-modules
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libservlet2.4-java
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libsoup2.4-1
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] python-coherence
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] python-glade2
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] python-gnome2
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] python-gtk2
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] python-gtk2-dev
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] python-gtk2-doc
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] python-gtksourceview2
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] xscreensaver
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] xscreensaver-data
[HOLD] acpid
[HOLD] bash
[HOLD] g++
[HOLD] libburn4
[HOLD] libdb4.6
[HOLD] libdb4.8
[HOLD] libisofs6
[HOLD] libnspr4-dev
[HOLD] libsasl2-2
[HOLD] libsoup-gnome2.4-1
[HOLD] libusb-0.1-4
[HOLD] menu
[HOLD] python-gconf
===============================================================================
Log complete.
Aptitude 0.4.11.11: log report
Sat, Feb 6 2010 12:47:46 -0800
IMPORTANT: this log only lists intended actions; actions which fail due to
dpkg problems may not be completed.
Will install 0 packages, and remove 0 packages.
===============================================================================
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] cpp
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] dash
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] dpkg-dev
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] gcc
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] gcj-jre-headless
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] gij
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] hal
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libdb4.7
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libdb4.7-java
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libdb4.7-java-gcj
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libgcj-bc
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libgcj-common
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libgssdp-1.0-2
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libgupnp-1.0-3
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libhal-storage1
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libhal1
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libmx4j-java
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libnspr4-0d
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libsasl2-modules
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libservlet2.4-java
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libsoup2.4-1
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] python-coherence
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] python-glade2
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] python-gnome2
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] python-gtk2
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] python-gtk2-dev
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] python-gtk2-doc
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] python-gtksourceview2
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] xscreensaver
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] xscreensaver-data
[HOLD] acpid
[HOLD] bash
[HOLD] debian-faq
[HOLD] doc-debian
[HOLD] g++
[HOLD] libburn4
[HOLD] libdb4.6
[HOLD] libdb4.8
[HOLD] libical0
[HOLD] libisofs6
[HOLD] libnspr4-dev
[HOLD] libsasl2-2
[HOLD] libsoup-gnome2.4-1
[HOLD] libusb-0.1-4
[HOLD] menu
[HOLD] openssh-client
[HOLD] python-gconf
===============================================================================
Log complete.
Aptitude 0.4.11.11: log report
Sat, Feb 6 2010 12:49:38 -0800
IMPORTANT: this log only lists intended actions; actions which fail due to
dpkg problems may not be completed.
Will install 0 packages, and remove 0 packages.
===============================================================================
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] cpp
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] dash
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] dpkg-dev
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] gcc
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] gcj-jre-headless
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] gij
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] hal
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libdb4.7
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libdb4.7-java
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libdb4.7-java-gcj
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libgcj-bc
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libgcj-common
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libgssdp-1.0-2
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libgupnp-1.0-3
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libhal-storage1
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libhal1
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libmx4j-java
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libnspr4-0d
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libsasl2-modules
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libservlet2.4-java
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libsoup2.4-1
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] python-coherence
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] python-glade2
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] python-gnome2
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] python-gtk2
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] python-gtk2-dev
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] python-gtk2-doc
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] python-gtksourceview2
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] xscreensaver
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] xscreensaver-data
[HOLD] acpid
[HOLD] bash
[HOLD] debian-faq
[HOLD] doc-debian
[HOLD] g++
[HOLD] libburn4
[HOLD] libdb4.6
[HOLD] libdb4.8
[HOLD] libical0
[HOLD] libisofs6
[HOLD] libnspr4-dev
[HOLD] libsasl2-2
[HOLD] libsoup-gnome2.4-1
[HOLD] libusb-0.1-4
[HOLD] menu
[HOLD] openssh-client
[HOLD] python-gconf
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Log complete.
Aptitude 0.4.11.11: log report
Sat, Feb 6 2010 12:51:56 -0800
IMPORTANT: this log only lists intended actions; actions which fail due to
dpkg problems may not be completed.
Will install 0 packages, and remove 0 packages.
===============================================================================
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] cpp
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] dash
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] dpkg-dev
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] gcc
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] gcj-jre-headless
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] gij
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] hal
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libdb4.7
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libdb4.7-java
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libdb4.7-java-gcj
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libgcj-bc
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libgcj-common
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libgssdp-1.0-2
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libgupnp-1.0-3
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libhal-storage1
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libhal1
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libmx4j-java
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libnspr4-0d
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libsasl2-modules
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libservlet2.4-java
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libsoup2.4-1
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] python-coherence
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] python-glade2
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] python-gnome2
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] python-gtk2
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] python-gtk2-dev
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] python-gtk2-doc
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] python-gtksourceview2
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] xscreensaver
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] xscreensaver-data
[HOLD] acpid
[HOLD] bash
[HOLD] debian-faq
[HOLD] doc-debian
[HOLD] g++
[HOLD] libburn4
[HOLD] libdb4.6
[HOLD] libdb4.8
[HOLD] libical0
[HOLD] libisofs6
[HOLD] libnspr4-dev
[HOLD] libsasl2-2
[HOLD] libsoup-gnome2.4-1
[HOLD] libusb-0.1-4
[HOLD] menu
[HOLD] openssh-client
[HOLD] python-gconf
===============================================================================
Log complete.
2010-02-05 13:21:38 startup archives unpack
2010-02-05 13:21:52 upgrade dpkg 1.15.5.6 1.14.28
2010-02-05 13:21:52 status half-configured dpkg 1.15.5.6
2010-02-05 13:21:53 status unpacked dpkg 1.15.5.6
2010-02-05 13:21:53 status half-installed dpkg 1.15.5.6
2010-02-05 13:21:54 status triggers-pending man-db 2.5.6-5
2010-02-05 13:21:54 status half-installed dpkg 1.15.5.6
2010-02-05 13:21:54 status unpacked dpkg 1.15.5.6
2010-02-05 13:21:54 status triggers-awaited dpkg 1.15.5.6
2010-02-05 13:21:54 trigproc man-db 2.5.6-5 2.5.6-5
2010-02-05 13:21:54 status half-configured man-db 2.5.6-5
2010-02-05 13:21:54 status installed dpkg 1.15.5.6
2010-02-05 13:21:55 status installed man-db 2.5.6-5
2010-02-05 13:21:56 startup packages configure
