Hi Cedar, On Sat, 2025-07-19 at 19:57 -0500, Cedar Maxwell wrote: > cedar@ibook-g4:~$ sudo apt install firmware-b43-installer > [sudo] password for cedar: > Solving dependencies... Error! > Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have > requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable > distribution that some required packages have not yet been created > or been moved out of Incoming. > The following information may help to resolve the situation: > > Unsatisfied dependencies: > firmware-b43-installer : Depends: b43-fwcutter (>= 1:019-14) but > 1:019-12+ports is to be installed > Error: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. > Error: The following information from --solver 3.0 may provide additional > context: > Unable to satisfy dependencies. Reached two conflicting decisions: > 1. firmware-b43-installer:powerpc=1:019-14 is selected for install > 2. firmware-b43-installer:powerpc=1:019-14 Depends b43-fwcutter (>= > 1:019-14) > but none of the choices are installable: > [no choices] > cedar@ibook-g4:~$ apt show b43-fwcutter > Package: b43-fwcutter > Version: 1:019-12+ports > Priority: optional > Section: contrib/utils > Maintainer: Debian QA Group <[email protected]> > Installed-Size: 113 kB > Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libc6 (>= 2.34) > Homepage: https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/b43 > Download-Size: 25.3 kB > APT-Manual-Installed: yes > APT-Sources: http://deb.debian.org/debian-ports unreleased/main powerpc > Packages > Description: utility for extracting Broadcom 43xx firmware > This package provides a tool for extracting BCM43xx wireless chip > firmware from Broadcom's proprietary driver files. > . > It is used by the firmware-b43(legacy)-installer packages as part of > the automated process of downloading and installing firmware. > > Please advise.
Try to explicitly install the version from Debian Ports so that the package version of b43-fwcutter and firmware-b43-installer match. # apt install firmware-b43-installer=1:019-12+ports I'll build and upload an updated version for Debian Ports later. Adrian -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :' : Debian Developer `. `' Physicist `- GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913
