On Sa, 2010-06-05 at 13:28 +1000, Russell Coker wrote: > Package: apt > Version: 0.7.25.3 > Severity: normal > > I want to download the libpcre3-dev for the purpose of installing it on > another > system. So the fact that I can't install it on my current system shouldn't > be a problem. I'm not going to complete the upgrade of libc6 because it > requires restarting kdm and I don't want to logout right now. > > There is no technical reason why apt-get shouldn't be able to just download a > single .deb file and verify the checksum in spite of having problems that > might > make it impossible to install the package immediately. Well, the command you used does not exist for downloading a single package file. To do that, use the 'download' command of aptitude; as I don't think that we have a way to do that in APT. Adding such a download command should be easy though.
> > # apt-get -f --download-only install --reinstall libpcre3-dev > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these: > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > libc-dev-bin: Depends: libc6 (> 2.11) but 2.10.2-9 is to be installed > libc6: Depends: libc-bin (= 2.10.2-9) but 2.11.1-1 is to be installed > libc6-dbg: Depends: libc6 (= 2.11.1-1) but 2.10.2-9 is to be installed > libc6-dev: Depends: libc6 (= 2.11.1-1) but 2.10.2-9 is to be installed > libc6-i386: Depends: libc6 (= 2.11.1-1) but 2.10.2-9 is to be installed > locales: Depends: glibc-2.11-1 > E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify > a solution). > -- Julian Andres Klode - Debian Developer, Ubuntu Member See http://wiki.debian.org/JulianAndresKlode and http://jak-linux.org/. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
