Further to the loss of 'xv', 'xearth' and 'xlock' after my recent 'apt-get dist-upgrade' of my etch system....
I tried adding deb http://ftp.debian-unofficial.org/debian etch main contrib non-free restricted To my '/etc/apt/sources.list', and this does give me an 'xv' package to try to install. However when I attempt to do so I get: fujitsu:/etc/apt# apt-get install xv Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done 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. Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that the package is simply not installable and a bug report against that package should be filed. The following information may help to resolve the situation: The following packages have unmet dependencies. xv: Depends: libx11-6 but it is not going to be installed E: Broken packages Which looks reasonable enough if there is an unsatisfied dependency, but fujitsu:/etc/apt# apt-get install libx11-6 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done libx11-6 is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 14 not upgraded. Which leaves me thinking that apt-get hasn't really provided a sufficient explanation of why the installation couldn't be completed? Could it be that the message is just misleading and it really meant that libx11-6 is an incompatable version rather than simply not installed?? If it is a library version problem, then I assume the best solution is to find and install a debian source package for this application? Regards, DigbyT -- Digby R. S. Tarvin digbyt(at)digbyt.com http://www.digbyt.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]