Mahbub Latif <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To install libhdf5 what I am getting.... > > $ apt-get install libhdf5-serial-dev > libhdf5-serial-dev: Depends: libhdf5-serial (= > 1.4.5-2) but it is not going to be installed > > then I try... > $ apt-get install libhdf5-serial > libhdf5-serial: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.1-1) but > 2.2.5-11.5 is to be installed > > That means I need libc6 2.3.1-1 or higher. How can I > get that?
libc6-2.3.1 is in testing (sarge), while libc6-2.2.5 is still in the stable (woody) distribution of debian. What confuses me a bit from your message is that libhdf5 is _not_ in woody (libhdf4 is), and that the version that you are trying to install is not even in sarge. On a sarge system, the current package libhdf5-serial-dev has version number 1.4.4-0.2 and depends on libc6-2.2.5-13, not the newer libc6-2.3.1. In other words, it looks like your /etc/apt/sources.list points towards the unstable (sid) distribution, while your debian system has not been upgraded. My 1� piece of advice would be to steer away from sid until you master the intricacies of the debian packaging system. Aside from fixing this mess, you may just retrieve the sources and compile them against your current libc. -- Philippe ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
