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reply "Rene Zwanenburg" <renezwanenburg gmail.com> writes:
Hi,

I'm mostly a windows developer, so my linux-fu is pretty non 
existent. I do however run some D applications on a Debian box 
which has been quite painless up until now.

Today I tried to update DMD on the Debian box from 2.062 to 
2.063.2. I removed dmd, switched to the D-Apt repository on 
sourceforge, updated apt-get and tried to install dmd-bin:

----
apt-get install dmd-bin
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:
  dmd-bin : Depends: libphobos2-dev (= 2.063.2-0) but it is not 
going to be installed
E: Broken packages
----

Installing packages which are (I think) built with the latest dmd 
doesn't work either:

----
apt-get install dub
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:
  dub : Depends: libphobos2-63 but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages
----

Out of curiosity I tried to install libphobos2-63 manually:

----
apt-get install libphobos2-63
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:
  libphobos2-63 : PreDepends: multiarch-support but it is not 
installable
E: Broken packages
----

I'm not even sure where to begin. Can anyone point me in the 
right direction?
Jul 24 2013
parent reply "H. S. Teoh" <hsteoh quickfur.ath.cx> writes:
On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 03:51:48AM +0200, Rene Zwanenburg wrote:
[...]
 apt-get install dmd-bin
 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:
  dmd-bin : Depends: libphobos2-dev (= 2.063.2-0) but it is not going
 to be installed
 E: Broken packages
 ----
 
 Installing packages which are (I think) built with the latest dmd
 doesn't work either:
 
 ----
 apt-get install dub
 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:
  dub : Depends: libphobos2-63 but it is not going to be installed
 E: Broken packages
 ----
 
 Out of curiosity I tried to install libphobos2-63 manually:
 
 ----
 apt-get install libphobos2-63
 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:
  libphobos2-63 : PreDepends: multiarch-support but it is not
 installable
 E: Broken packages
 ----
 
 I'm not even sure where to begin. Can anyone point me in the right
 direction?
What version of Debian are you running? It seems that you may be using a rather old release that doesn't have multiarch support yet? That will make a lot of newer things uninstallable. Try apt-get install multiarch-support and see what it says? T -- The two rules of success: 1. Don't tell everything you know. -- YHL
Jul 24 2013
parent reply "Rene Zwanenburg" <renezwanenburg gmail.com> writes:
Thanks for the quick reply! I installed Squeeze a little less 
than a year ago. When I try to install multiarch support it 
fails, so you're probably right about it being outdated:

----
apt-get install multiarch-support
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package multiarch-support is not available, but is referred to by 
another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

E: Package 'multiarch-support' has no installation candidate
----

On Thursday, 25 July 2013 at 01:59:43 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:
 On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 03:51:48AM +0200, Rene Zwanenburg wrote:
 [...]
 apt-get install dmd-bin
 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:
  dmd-bin : Depends: libphobos2-dev (= 2.063.2-0) but it is not 
 going
 to be installed
 E: Broken packages
 ----
 
 Installing packages which are (I think) built with the latest 
 dmd
 doesn't work either:
 
 ----
 apt-get install dub
 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:
  dub : Depends: libphobos2-63 but it is not going to be 
 installed
 E: Broken packages
 ----
 
 Out of curiosity I tried to install libphobos2-63 manually:
 
 ----
 apt-get install libphobos2-63
 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:
  libphobos2-63 : PreDepends: multiarch-support but it is not
 installable
 E: Broken packages
 ----
 
 I'm not even sure where to begin. Can anyone point me in the 
 right
 direction?
What version of Debian are you running? It seems that you may be using a rather old release that doesn't have multiarch support yet? That will make a lot of newer things uninstallable. Try apt-get install multiarch-support and see what it says? T
Jul 24 2013
parent reply "H. S. Teoh" <hsteoh quickfur.ath.cx> writes:
On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 04:15:39AM +0200, Rene Zwanenburg wrote:
 Thanks for the quick reply! I installed Squeeze a little less than a
 year ago. When I try to install multiarch support it fails, so
 you're probably right about it being outdated:
 
 ----
 apt-get install multiarch-support
 Reading package lists... Done
 Building dependency tree
 Reading state information... Done
 Package multiarch-support is not available, but is referred to by
 another package.
 This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
 is only available from another source
 
 E: Package 'multiarch-support' has no installation candidate
 ----
[...] What are the contents of your /etc/apt/sources.list? If you don't have any strong reason for staying with the old release, it's probably worth your while to add this line to your sources.list: deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free then run apt-get update, and apt-get dist-upgrade to auto-upgrade to the latest stable release, which does support multiarch. (It might take a while to do it, though, so you could leave it running overnight.) Or, if you're feeling adventurous, use "testing" instead of "stable". Truth be told, 'testing' is actually far more stable than official releases of certain popular OSes IME. T -- Let's call it an accidental feature. -- Larry Wall
Jul 24 2013
parent reply "Rene Zwanenburg" <renezwanenburg gmail.com> writes:
That fixed it, thanks!

One more question about my current sources.list:

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deb http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main non-free
deb-src http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main

deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main


deb http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ squeeze-updates main
deb-src http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ squeeze-updates main


deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-backports squeeze-backports 
main


deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
----


Should I now remove the squeeze sources, or replace them for 
something else?

On Thursday, 25 July 2013 at 04:09:46 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:
 What are the contents of your /etc/apt/sources.list?

 If you don't have any strong reason for staying with the old 
 release,
 it's probably worth your while to add this line to your 
 sources.list:

 	deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free

 then run apt-get update, and apt-get dist-upgrade to 
 auto-upgrade to the
 latest stable release, which does support multiarch. (It might 
 take a
 while to do it, though, so you could leave it running 
 overnight.)

 Or, if you're feeling adventurous, use "testing" instead of 
 "stable".
 Truth be told, 'testing' is actually far more stable than 
 official
 releases of certain popular OSes IME.


 T
Jul 25 2013
parent reply "H. S. Teoh" <hsteoh quickfur.ath.cx> writes:
On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 02:04:17PM +0200, Rene Zwanenburg wrote:
 That fixed it, thanks!
 
 One more question about my current sources.list:
 
 ----

 
 deb http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main non-free
 deb-src http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main
 
 deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main
 deb-src http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main
 

 deb http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ squeeze-updates main
 deb-src http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ squeeze-updates main
 

 deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-backports squeeze-backports main
 

 deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
 ----
 
 
 Should I now remove the squeeze sources, or replace them for
 something else?
[...] For best results, replace all occurrences of "squeeze" with "stable" (and remove the line you added, since it will be identical with one of the previous lines). That way, it will automatically pick up the next stable release when it's released. T -- Always remember that you are unique. Just like everybody else. -- despair.com
Jul 25 2013
parent "Rene Zwanenburg" <renezwanenburg gmail.com> writes:
Okay great. Thanks again for your help.

On Thursday, 25 July 2013 at 15:01:59 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:
 For best results, replace all occurrences of "squeeze" with 
 "stable"
 (and remove the line you added, since it will be identical with 
 one of
 the previous lines).  That way, it will automatically pick up 
 the next
 stable release when it's released.


 T
Jul 25 2013