On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 12:48:50PM +1100, Mick Boda wrote: > Hi All, > > I've found a website > > Index of /Linux/Debian/Cfree86-4.2.0-Opre1v3/sh4
Can you give us the URL please? > I found this website trying to resolve a dependency problem while > downloading XFree86 4.2 from http://people.debain.org > > that error message involved xbase-clients_4.2.1-3_i386.deb > > that error message basically said that the aforementioned package > depends on > xlibs (>>4.2.0); however xlibs on my system is 4.1.0-16. > > I'm trying to install XFree86 4.2 .... how can it be looking for > packages that are part of what of I'm trying to install? If I had Xlib > 4.2, then surely chances are that I would have 4.2 already installed. xlib is provided by a separate package, I think. It is probably a better idea for you to find an apt-get repository, and add the lines to your /etc/apt/sources.list file, and use apt-get to install these programs, as apt-get will automatically download and install dependencies too. We might be able to help you if you can give us the *exact* URL of the original XFree packages you are using - people.debian.org is a big site and I don't want to search and guess where you got them from. If it was http://people.debian.org/~blade/woody/i386/ then the line to add to /etc/apt/sources.list is: deb http://people.debian.org/~blade/woody/i386/ ./ And then you do: apt-get update and then: apt-get install [names of packages go here] However, at least one of your error messages suggests that you are not using an i386 architecture - that is, your CPU is not an Intel CPU (386, 486, Pentium, Pentium II, Celeron, Pentium III, Pentium IV). If you are not using an Intel CPU, you will not be able to use i386 packages. -Mary -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
