So, I did an

apt-get upgrade exim4

to get the latest version of exim, not quite realising that would upgrade my whole distribution. I now have this broken dependency:

root@scoobysnack:/etc/apt/apt.conf.d# apt-get upgrade
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:
xlibs-static-pic: Depends: xlibs-static-dev (= 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14sarge1) but 4.3.0.dfsg.1-10.1unichrome30.1 is installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.


Now , I'm not sure I want to replace a unichrome specific library with a standardised one - does anyone know of a way around this? At the moment I'm unable to use apt-get at all, and I'd like to install courier Imap to serve mail.

Any use of apt-get now dies around that dependency issue. Is there a knoppmyth specific source I should be using or something for the packages built for this distribution?

Thanks

Matt

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Oh, I got the same problem. I forget what I was installing now - new version of X? Anyway I'm now stuck with that broken dependency too. I guess you'd have to back out your changes to fix. I assume that this new version of xlibs-static-dev is only available in non-unichrome, so unless someone can point to the updated version, we're stuck. Could build the package from source, but that sounds very daunting. Anyway, I decided not to waste any more time on this, I'm waiting for new Knoppmyth with 0.19. A fresh install will clear this problem, and now I know to be v careful when doing an apt-get! BTW, I have an EPIA M10K too.

just for future reference if you just want to upgrade one package you don't use the word upgrade.

apt-get install packagename

will upgrade that package to the latest version if you have done the apt-get update.

apt-get upgrade blah anything here gets ignored

tells apt to run a full system upgrade and upgrade any packages that are available to upgrade.

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When I had this problem with R5B7, I was intending to perform a routine "apt-get update" but accidentally typed "apt-get upgrade" instead, which caused this same type of uproar about broken dependencies that disallowed any further "apt-get install" procedures. I fixed the problem using the approach in this post:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?t=160677

First: I did "apt-get install tightvncserver" and it gave me an error and suggested to do "apt-get -f install" to correct it. (I wanted to install the "tightvncserver" application.)

Second, I did "apt-get -f install" which told me there was an error processing "/var/cache/apt/archives/xlibs-static-dev_4.3.0.dfsg.1-14sarge1_i386.deb"

Third: I did "cd /var/cache/apt/archives" to change to that directory.

Fourth: I did "dpkg -i --force-overwrite xlibs-static-dev_4.3.0.dfsg.1-14sarge1_i386.deb". I still got a ton of error messages that I do not understand.

Fifth: I did "dpkg --configure -a" that did not end up with any error messages!

Sixth: I did "apt-get install tightvncserver" and successfully installed my desired "tightvncserver" program.

I don't understand the solution. I don't know what happened exactly. But now I can do "apt-get install" again!

If anyone knows, please teach me about some of the technical details on what actually occurred, and whether there are any long-term adverse effects involved. Thanks.