Thanks Bob I figured out why I had so many depenecies. My /etc/apt/sources.list had a mix of potato and stable. So I changet the potato to stable an ran it again and it seemed to work. I don't have the depencies I had. I'm in the process of upgrading some of the them now since it won't install them untill all the packages are downloaded.
Tim On Wednesday 24 July 2002 00:14, you wrote: > Timothy Bolz wrote: > > Ok, If I run apt-get dist-upgrade does this change the > > /etc/apt/sources.list or do I have to change the sources.list first then > > run apt-get dist-upgrade. > > If you have "stable" in sources.list, you don't have to do anything. > Just "apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade" and wait a long time. (-: > > If you have "potato" in sources.list, then edit it and change all > occurrences of "potato" to either "woody" or "stable" (depending > on whether you want to have to do this again in a couple of years (-: .) > > Actually, for a production machine, I'd recommend specifying "woody". > That way, you won't automatically break everything in two years when > stable becomes sarge. Debian only guarantees compatibility within a > release. > > > I ran apt-get update, apt-get upgrade and found that I have a lot of > > unmet depency problems and now I'm wondering if ximian did this or what > > could have caused the system to so far out of wake. I normally update > > and upgrade if I see a security anouncement on linuxtoday. Everything > > seems to be running ok just a lot of unmet depencies. > > Give us an example. (Just a few, not all 700.) > > > Would it be simpler just to get them burned and do a > > apt-cdrom add and use the images instead of downloading them. > > Definitely, if you're on dialup. Or you could tote your box somewhere > where you can connect it to a higher speed line, if any of your > friends have one. > > > But with all the unmet depencies do you think it would be > > easier to reinstall. > > Never reinstall. Reinstalling is for the weak. (-: > > But seriously, think of all those hours you've spent getting just the > right set of packages and configuring them all. > > > Debian is 7 CD's. Wow.. 14 i f you get the sources. It must have > > everything you would ever want plus the kitchen sink. > > Yes, Debian is big. (BTW, I thought it was 8 CDs.)
