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

[Michael Vogt]

This is uploaded now to oneiric-proposed.

** Also affects: apper (Ubuntu Oneiric)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: apper (Ubuntu Oneiric)
       Status: New => In Progress

** Changed in: apper (Ubuntu Oneiric)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

** Changed in: apper (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

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Title:
  misleading error from apt-get :"kpackagekit : Depends: apper but it is
  not going to be installed"

Status in “apper” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Committed
Status in “apper” source package in Oneiric:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  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.

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