gdeb package broken in Hoary

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Tue, Mar 08, 2005 at 10:08:36AM +0000, Matthew Thomas wrote:
> I downloaded a .deb file from a Web site, and wanted to install it. 
> Unfortunately there's no way to do that in Synaptic 
> <https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2706>. Apparently I have to 
> use the Synaptic package manager to install the gdeb package manager, 
> then use the gdeb package manager to install the package. (Insert 
> wistful memories of Mac OS drag-and-drop installation here.)

We'll get there.

> gdeb is listed as a package in Synaptic, but when I try to install it, I 
> get an error:
> >
> >gdeb:
> > Depends: libapt-inst-libc6.3-5-1.0  but it is not installable
> > Depends: libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3  but it is not installable
> 
> (I'm reliably informed that bugs about Universe packages should be 
> posted here, since Malone isn't quite ready for them yet.)

Yes, there are quite a number of packages in universe which are
uninstallable; many of them (like this one) require only a rebuild with
current libraries.  We haven't made any concerted effort to fix them up as
yet, but it will happen before release.

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 - mdz