apt: 'BROKEN package'

[Tommy Trussell]

On 2/1/07, Mario Vukelic <mario.vukelic at dantian.org> wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-02-01 at 08:41 +0100, Severin Schoepke wrote:
> > Where could the
> > problem lie? Is something wrong with the repo?
>
> Yeah, the output it gives is probably spot-on: "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."
>
> I'd recommend to file a bug against the package, even if you feel like
> you are going in circles. Before doing so you should however do a
> "apt-get update" and then try to install again, just in case the problem
> is already fixed

Make sure your /etc/apt/sources.list file is OK, then try this

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

The second command will go through and try to fix all dependencies.

In order for a package to be broken in the way you have described,
generally it's because there are one or more mis-matched packages
already installed. This can happen if you changed your sources (in an
upgrade) or if you have manually installed packages from a different
repository.

If this is a relatively new installation, it might be easier to start
the installation over. There could have been a glitch in the
installation or in the security update process.