help with apt-getinstall problems, failed package installation

[fleamailman]

pengui n:~# apt-get install ntop
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libc6: Conflicts: e2fsprogs (< 1.35-7) but 1.35-6 is to be installed
Conflicts: initrd-tools (< 0.1.84.1) but 0.1.70 is to be installed
locales: Depends: glibc-2.3.2.ds1-22
ntop: Depends: libfreetype6 (>= 2.2) but 2.1.7-2.1 is to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

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[Rog131]

Re: help with apt-getinstall problems, failed package installation


Try apt-get -f install as apt-get suggest.

-f, --fix-broken
Fix; attempt to correct a system with broken dependencies in
place. This option, when used with install/remove, can omit any
packages to permit APT to deduce a likely solution. Any Package
that are specified must completely correct the problem. The op‐
tion is sometimes necessary when running APT for the first time;
APT itself does not allow broken package dependencies to exist
on a system. It is possible that a system’s dependency structure
can be so corrupt as to require manual intervention (which usu‐
ally means using dselect(8) or dpkg --remove to eliminate some
of the offending packages). Use of this option together with -m
may produce an error in some situations.

Check that all repositories are enabled.

libc6: Conflicts: e2fsprogs (< 1.35-7) but 1.35-6 is to be installed

Program needs 1.35-7 (or later) but apt-get only finds 1.35-6.

Run apt-get update and then try to install again.


Links:
APT HOWTO
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/ap.../index.en.html

[Snowhog]

Re: help with apt-getinstall problems, failed package installation

You should be aware here, that apt is telling you this application (ntop) is specifying dependencies (packages) that are 'older' than those already installed on the system. Those dependencies, if forced to be downgraded, *could* have unwanted effects on other installed programs that depend on them.

The suggestion of running apt-get update first is a good idea before attempting to run the apt-get -f install as suggested.