broken...

[Leonard Chatagnier]

Your most welcome.  Glad to be of help.

--- Dorita Rostkier-Edelstein <drostkier at yahoo.com>
wrote:

> Leonard,
> 
> Thanks a lot, it seems to have worked!
> 
> Dorita
> 
> 
> Leonard Chatagnier <lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net> wrote: 
> --- Dorita Rostkier-Edelstein 
> wrote:
> 
> > I have the following problem in my system and do
> not
> > know how to fix it. As a result I am unable to
> > install packages and to update the system:
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > waydo at waydo-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get -f upgrade
> > Password:
> > Reading package lists... Done
> > Building dependency tree... Done
> > Correcting dependencies... failed.
> > The following packages have unmet dependencies:
> >   cpp-4.0: Depends: gcc-4.0-base (=
> 4.0.3-1ubuntu5)
> > but 4.0.3-4 is installed
> >   g++-4.0: Depends: gcc-4.0-base (=
> 4.0.3-1ubuntu5)
> > but 4.0.3-4 is installed
> >   gcc-4.0: Depends: gcc-4.0-base (=
> 4.0.3-1ubuntu5)
> > but 4.0.3-4 is installed
> >   libgcc1: Depends: gcc-4.0-base (=
> 4.0.3-1ubuntu5)
> > but 4.0.3-4 is installed
> >   libstdc++6: Depends: gcc-4.0-base (=
> > 4.0.3-1ubuntu5) but 4.0.3-4 is installed
> >   libstdc++6-4.0-dev: Depends: gcc-4.0-base (=
> > 4.0.3-1ubuntu5) but  4.0.3-4 is installed
> > E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated
> > breaks, this may be caused by held packages.
> > E: Unable to correct dependencies
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Dorita
> > > 
> 
> Hello Dorita,
> See if this works.  First unhold any packages that
> are
> on hold:
> 
> Sudo aptitude unhold 
> 
> 
> Aptitude is supposed to be better at fixing broken
> dependencies than apt-get.
> 
> Then do:
> 
> sudo aptitude -f install
> 
> If this command completes without error you should
> be
> OK.  Then do a sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude
> upgrade to be sure you have picked up everything.
> If this doesn't work, you need more capable help
> than
> I can give.
> Good luck,
> 
> Len 
> 
> 
> Leonard Chatagnier
> lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net
> 
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> Dept. of Applied Math., Env. Sci. Division
> IIBR, Israel
>    
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Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net