[mythtv-users] Re: apt-get dist-upgrade rpm conflicts

[Gerald Schepens]

You know, I have a similar issue.  I have apt--0.5.15cnc6-53.2.rh9.at 
installed.

I used rpm to install kvim with --nodeps because it depends on vim, and 
vim is not an installable package according to apt-get.  Therefore there 
was no way for me to satisfy the dependency.  Never mind that I do have 
vim installed; I guess that the RPM database doesn't consider any 
particular vim package to be the one called for.

Here's what happens when I try to do an apt-get install vim:

Package vim has no available version, but exists in the database.
This typically means that the package was mentioned in a dependency and
never uploaded, has been obsoleted or is not available with the contents
of sources.list
However the following packages replace it:
  vim-minimal
E: Package vim has no installation candidate

(In short, not satisfiable.)

Anyway, now anytime I do apt-get, I have the following set of nags:

 > apt-get upgrade

You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  kvim: Depends: vim but it is not installable
E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.

If I actually do an apt-get -f install as the message suggests, its 
brilliant suggestion is to remove kvim, and I don't wanna!  I love vim.

Is there any way to get the RPM database to shuddap about vim already?


Axel Thimm wrote:

>On Sat, Jan 01, 2005 at 03:45:22PM -0800, David Highley wrote:
>  
>
>>So how do we work our way out of this mess? If I try and use apt-get it
>>suggests using the "-f" flag and then comes up with a list of half the
>>rpms on the system to remove.
>>    
>>
>
>Whenever apt suggests -f (or at least 99.99% of the cases) it is
>correct in that you have messed up rpm's internal dependency
>consitency (by the use of --nodeps for instance).
>
>Perhaps the solution apt is suggesting is not the best (removing all
>your rpms), but it is definitely a cry for your attention. No package
>manager can sanely work if the dependencies on board are already
>conflicting.
>
>Try apt-get check, perhaps that will point you to the right direction.
>  
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