[Bug 878138] [NEW] misleading error from apt-get :"kpackagekit : Depends: apper but it is not going to be installed"

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Wed Oct 19 20:19:06 UTC 2011


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in natty there was kpackagekit. id like to have it in oneiric also so i
do


sudo apt-get install kpackagekit
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:
 kpackagekit : Depends: apper but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: kpackagekit (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Oct 19 14:04:11 2011
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: apper
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-13 (5 days ago)


thanks to the info from daniel, i learned now that apper=kpackagekit. but seriously there is no way one could conclude that from the errormessage
"kpackagekit : Depends: apper but it is not going to be installed"

it would be great if apt-get could give a more helpful message.

** Affects: apper (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
     Assignee: Matthias Klumpp (ximion)
         Status: Fix Committed


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug oneiric patch
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misleading error from apt-get :"kpackagekit : Depends: apper but it is not going to be installed"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/878138
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