libc6 broken - Can't install any apps - Hardy 8.04

[Derek Broughton]

Rick Knight wrote:

> Derek, Thanks for the reply.
> 
> I think you're right about Adept automatically adding hardy-proposed. I
> know I didn't add it, and all of my Kubunty Hardys have it in
> /etc/apt/sources.list.
> 
> I removed hardy-proposed from /etc/apt/sources.list and then ran sudo
> apt-get update and that seems to have solved most of my problems. I
> still have one app I can't add (gramofile) on this system. I get a
> dependency error.
> 
> fftw2 depends on libmpich1.0gf which is not going to be installed.
> E: Broken packages.
 
Now, unfortunately you're in the downgrade problem.  You have something
installed from "hardy-proposed" with a minimum version require, and you're
trying to install something else - not from hardy-proposed - with a
_maximum_ version requirement.

Probably at this point "aptitude -f install" will give you an option to
clean it up by downgrading some packages.  If you don't like the solution
it proposes, just hit "n" until you see one you like.

Alternatively you could just re-enable hardy-proposed as I believe you're
past the problem.
-- 
derek