On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:05:45 +0100, Sven Joachim wrote: > Don't use apt-get if you intend to obtain helpful error messages. > >> . . . > >> The following packages have unmet dependencies: >> iceweasel: Depends: xulrunner-1.9.1 but it is not going to be >> installed >> E: Broken packages > > Please run "aptitude -s install iceweasel" and see what solutions and > diagnostics, if any, aptitude offers. > > Sven > > ยน To be clear: this rant is not against you, but is meant for the apt > developers who apparently cannot be bothered to explain *why* a > package "is not going to be installed".
Thanks Sven. That's very insightful. Right at time I was wondering if it is time to get rid of aptitude and use back the apt-get. Previously, I believed that, ,----- | All of the old reasons to use aptitude instead of apt-get for | command-line package installation no longer apply; those | improvements have been rolled back into apt-get. `----- Thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
