[mythtv-users] Re: apt-get dist-upgrade rpm conflicts
Gerald Schepens
schepens at shaw.ca
Sun Jan 2 06:30:13 EST 2005
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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