[mythtv-users] apt-get update mythtv-suite from 0.15 fails

Tom Lichti tom at redpepperracing.com
Wed Mar 23 16:34:53 UTC 2005


Edwin Chang wrote:

>I try "apt-get update" followed by "apt-get install
>mythtv-suite" to upgrade from 0.15 mythtv to 0.17, but
>I get the following error:
>
>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:
>  mythtv-suite: Depends: mythdvd (>= 0.17) but it is
>not going to be installed
>                Depends: mythbrowser (>= 0.17) but it
>is not going to be installed
>E: Broken packages
>  
>
You could try an

apt-get -f install

but I don't know if that will fix your problem. I sort of had the same 
problem yesterday (not a myth box, but same error) with a debian box.

No gaurantees that it won't hose your system, so buyer beware!

Tom


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