problem with 3.7.4-1ubuntu3.1

[fadetoblack]

i am trying to install libmagick9-dev cause i need the ImageMagick.h header file to install the Image::Magick module from CPAN.

here is the problem:

[email]arabbani@t40:~/.cpan[/email]/build/PerlMagick-6.24$ sudo apt-get install libmagick9-dev
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.

Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  libmagick9-dev: Depends: libtiff4-dev but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages
[email]arabbani@t40:~/.cpan[/email]/build/PerlMagick-6.24$ sudo apt-get install libtiff4-dev
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.

Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  libtiff4-dev: Depends: libtiff4 (= 3.7.4-1ubuntu3) but 3.7.4-1ubuntu3.1 is to be installed
E: Broken packages

i tried installing 3.7.4-1ubuntu3.1 but apparently its not a package. or is it? how do i get it so i can install the packages that are dependent on it? oh also:

$ uname -a
Linux t40 2.6.15-26-686 #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Jul 17 20:14:14 UTC 2006 i686 GNU/Linux

[kubicle]

Re: problem with 3.7.4-1ubuntu3.1

i tried installing 3.7.4-1ubuntu3.1 but apparently its not a package. or is it? how do i get it so i can install the packages that are dependent on it? oh also:

Yup, it's not a package, it's the version number of the package.

Looks like your package lists aren't up-to-date, as the current versions of both libtiff4 and libtiff4-dev is 3.7.4-1ubuntu3.2. On your lists available packages seem to be libtiff4-dev 3.7.4-1ubuntu3 and libtiff4 3.7.4-1ubuntu3.1 (the version mismatch causes the dependency problem)

To correct the issue, make sure 'dapper-security' repository is enabled (3.2 are security updates) and do

sudo apt-get update

to refresh the package lists

[fadetoblack]

Re: problem with 3.7.4-1ubuntu3.1

thanks! that did the trick. by the way can you explain to me what all these different repositories are? whats all this stuff with main/universe/restricted?

is universe 3rd party software or something?

[kubicle]

Re: problem with 3.7.4-1ubuntu3.1

thanks! that did the trick. by the way can you explain to me what all these different repositories are? whats all this stuff with main/universe/restricted?

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu