It won't work in this case because gnome-desktop is only in unstable right now.
Alexander K. Hansen Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University visiting MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center Levitated Dipole Experiment 175 Albany Street, NW17-219 Cambridge, MA 02139-4213 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Vasilevsky Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 10:20 PM To: Ned Dupont Cc: fink users Subject: Re: [Fink-users] Nautilus / libxslt Install failure > dpkg -i > /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/gnome/gnome- > desktop_2.0.10-4_darwin-powerpc.deb > /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/gnome/gnome- > desktop-shlibs_2.0.10-4_darwin-powerpc.deb > /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/gnome/gnome- > desktop-dev_2.0.10-4_darwin-powerpc.deb > Selecting previously deselected package gnome-desktop. > dpkg: regarding .../gnome-desktop_2.0.10-4_darwin-powerpc.deb > containing gnome-desktop: > �gnome-desktop conflicts with gnome-core (<< 2.0.0) > ��gnome-core (version 1.4.1-1) is installed. > dpkg: error processing > /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/gnome/gnome- > desktop_2.0.10-4_darwin-powerpc.deb (--install): > �conflicting packages - not installing gnome-desktop I can't guarantee this will work. But typically, when you get an error from dpkg about conflicts, you're best off using apt-get for this bit. It has more sophisticated dependency and conflict handling than Fink. Here's how to do it: $ fink install some-package Wait for dpkg failure, when you get a message like this: > dpkg: error processing > /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/gnome/gnome- > desktop_2.0.10-4_darwin-powerpc.deb (--install): > �conflicting packages - not installing gnome-desktop In this case package gnome-desktop, version/revision 2.0.10-4 is the one that Fink didn't properly install. So run: $ fink scanpackages $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install gnome-desktop=2.0.10-4 # Note the equal sign (If that fails, try: sudo apt-get -f install) Finally resume the original command: $ fink install some-package Good luck, Dave ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: eBay Great deals on office technology -- on eBay now! Click here: http://adfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/711-11697-6916-5 _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: eBay Great deals on office technology -- on eBay now! Click here: http://adfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/711-11697-6916-5 _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
