Re: [Ekiga-list] Problems with actual debs for etch

[Torsten Senf <sentor sentor de>]

On Sat, Mar 01, 2008 at 01:53:19PM +0100, Torsten Senf wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 01, 2008 at 12:03:38PM +0000, ael wrote:
> > Torsten Senf wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > while trying to install the the actual snapshots from ekiga on my Debian
> > > etch system I get the following errors:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > sudo apt-get install ekiga-snapshot
> > > Reading package lists... Done
> > > Building dependency tree... Done
> > > 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:
> > >    ekiga-snapshot: Depends: libpt-cvs (= 20070914-02-etch.1) but 20070923-02-etch.1 is to be installed or
> > >    libpt-cvs-ptrace (= 20070914-02-etch.1) but it is not going to be installed or
> > >    libpt-cvs-develop (= 20070914-02-etch.1) but it is not going to be installed
> > > 
> > > E: Broken packages
> > > 
> > > 
> > > I get the packages from the following servers
> > > 
> > > deb http://snapshots.ekiga.net/debian/ etch main
> > > deb http://snapshots.voxgratia.org/debian/ etch main
> > > 
> > > 
> > > How can I solve the problem??
> > 
> > There is a later version on etch-backports (of ekiga rather than
> > ekiga-snapshot). I had one minor problem with installing it: the
> > configuration assistant, which insisted on running on first
> > installation, hung. That was cured by running as root first which seemed
> > to clear what was perhaps a permissions problem. Thereafter I could run
> > ekiga as a normal user. (Yes, reported to  Kilian who did the port.)
> > 
> > ael
> The package is ekiga-gtkonly, but the package is not bugfree now. With
> these bug the software is not unsable I think.
> 
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?pkg=ekiga-gtkonly;dist=unstable
> 
> sentor
> 
The ekiga package from the backports works technical correct. Try these
not ekiga-gtkonly.

sentor