On Wed, 2004-05-05 at 13:26, duncan brown wrote: > pete, if you're looking for a nice gui to install everything with, check > out synaptic. > > http://www.linuxadvocate.net/apt > > -d > > +( duncan brown : duncanbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx )+ > +( linux "just works" : www.linuxadvocate.net )+ This is the type of problem I keep getting I now have apt installed but cannot install synaptic. Here is the output I get: The following packages have unmet dependencies: GConf2-devel: Depends: libxml2-devel (>= 2.4.12) but it is not going to be installed PyQt-devel: Depends: PyQt (= 3.8.1-2) but it is not going to be installed SDL_image-devel: Depends: SDL_image (= 1.2.3) but it is not going to be installed SDL_mixer-devel: Depends: SDL_mixer (= 1.2.4) but it is not going to be installed SDL_net-devel: Depends: SDL_net (= 1.2.4-8) but it is not going to be installed eel2-devel: Depends: libxml2-devel (>= 2.4.20) but it is not going to be installed evolution-pilot: Depends: evolution (= 1.4.5-0.ximian.6.0) but 1.4.5-7 is to be installed gcc-objc: Depends: libobjc (= 3.3.2-1) but it is not going to be installed gnome-desktop-devel: Depends: startup-notification-devel (>= 0.5) but it is not going to be installed gnome-pilot-applet: Depends: gnome-pilot (= 2.0.10-0.ximian.6.1) but 1:2.0.10-0.ximian.6.1 is to be installed gtk-doc: Depends: docbook-style-xsl but it is not going to be installed Depends: docbook-utils but it is not going to be installed gtkam: Depends: libgphoto2.so.2 Depends: libgphoto2_port.so.0 gtkhtml-devel: Depends: gal-devel (>= 0.24) but it is not going to be installed Depends: libxml-devel but it is not going to be installed kdegraphics: Depends: libgphoto2.so.2 Depends: libgphoto2_port.so.0 lesstif-devel: Depends: lesstif (= 0.93.36) but it is not going to be installed Depends: libMrm.so.1 Depends: libXm.so.1 libbonobo-devel: Depends: libxml2-devel (>= 2.4.21) but it is not going to be installed libbonoboui-devel: Depends: libxml2-devel (>= 2.5) but it is not going to be installed libglade-devel: Depends: libxml-devel (>= 1.8.16) but it is not going to be installed libglade2-devel: Depends: libxml2-devel (>= 2.4.12-0.7) but it is not going to be installed libgnome-devel: Depends: libxml2-devel (>= 2.5) but it is not going to be installed libgnomeui-devel: Depends: libxml2-devel (>= 2.5) but it is not going to be installed libgtop-devel: Depends: libgtop (= 1:1.0.12) but it is not going to be installed libole2-devel: Depends: libole2 (= 0.2.4) but it is not going to be installed librsvg2-devel: Depends: libgsf-devel but it is not going to be installed Depends: libxml2-devel (>= 2.4.12) but it is not going to be installed libxslt-devel: Depends: libxml2-devel (>= 2.5.6) but it is not going to be installed pspell-compat: Conflicts: pspell (< 0.50) xfig: Depends: transfig (>= 1:3.2.4) but it is not going to be installed E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution). I have tried the '-f install' suggestion without success so now I have another half program installed -- Regards Peter Cannon peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx "And when Alexander saw the breadth of his domain, he wept for there were no more worlds to conquer."