Problem with installing pidgin in debian

cola · #1 17th April 2009, 05:23 AM

Hi,
apt-get install pidgin

Code:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... 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.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  pidgin: Depends: libgtkspell0 (>= 2.0.10) but it is not installable
          Depends: libpurple0 (>= 2.4.3-4lenny1~volatile0) but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages

uname -a

Code:

Linux debian 2.6.26-1-686 #1 SMP Sat Jan 10 18:29:31 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux

RupertPupkin · #2 17th April 2009, 05:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cola

What should I do now?

Install Fedora.

cola · #3 17th April 2009, 05:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RupertPupkin

Install Fedora.

Fedora 10 already insalled.
No way to install pidgin in debian!!

mauser1891 · #4 17th April 2009, 05:47 AM

Hello Cola,

Which release are you using?
Etch? Kernel looks like it might be Etch.
I have just come from Debian 4r6, which was updated fairly frequent.
I have my deb's archived on a WD MyBook (terabyte).
Check your repositories also.
Which repo's do you have?

cola · #5 17th April 2009, 01:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mauser1891

Hello Cola,

Which release are you using?
Etch? Kernel looks like it might be Etch.
I have just come from Debian 4r6, which was updated fairly frequent.
I have my deb's archived on a WD MyBook (terabyte).
Check your repositories also.
Which repo's do you have?

Finally managed to install pidgin in debian.
But it is out-dated comparing the installed version in fedora 10.

Code:

Pidgin 2.4.3

cola · #6 17th April 2009, 01:38 PM

cat /etc/apt/sources.list

Code:

# 
# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 5.0.0 _Lenny_ - Official i386 CD Binary-1 20090214-16:29]/ lenny main

deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 5.0.0 _Lenny_ - Official i386 CD Binary-1 20090214-16:29]/ lenny main

deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main

deb http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main
deb-src http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main



deb http://ftp.jp.debian.org/debian/ lenny main config non-free

deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main config non-free
deb http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main

deb-src http://ftp.jp.debian.org/debian/ lenny main config non-free

deb-src http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main config non-free
deb-src http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main 



deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org lenny main
deb-src http://www.debian-multimedia.org lenny main

mauser1891 · #7 17th April 2009, 10:12 PM

Hello Cola,

There are a couple of more repo's you can use.
Debian Unofficial and Debian Backports.
Version numbers are irrelevant. So long as the package works.
If you want to go by package versions, then I suggest that you goto sidux... lol j/k