A few minutes ago I tried to install "k9copy". Synaptic doesn't admit its
existence; fine, I'll go from source. Go to its web site, see this:
,--
| Prerequisit
|
| * DVDAuthor
| * libdvdread
| * growisofs
| * mencoder
| * mplayer
| * libhal
| * libdbus
| * libdbus-qt
'--
OK, I'll see how far I can get.
,--
| eben@pc:~/src/k9copy-1.1.0$ ./configure --disable-debug --disable-dependency-tracking
| ...
| checking for X... configure: error: Can't find X includes. Please check
| your installation and add the correct paths!
'--
Oopsie. But fair enough; I may not have compiled X software on this
system before. Let's see what Synaptic can do about that.
Yep, "x-window-system-dev" is not installed. I double-click it (select for
installation), and -- whoa, popup:
,--
| Warning
|
| You are about to install software that can't be authenticated! Doing this
| could allow a malicious individual to damage or take control of your
| system.
|
| Mark additional required changes?
|
| The chosen action also affects other packages. The following changes are
| required in order to proceed:
|
| +---------------------------+
| |v NOT AUTHENTICATED |
| | render-dev |
| | x-dev |
| | v To be installed |
| | render-dev |
| | x-dev |
| +---------------------------+
|
| [Cancel] [Mark]
'--
render-dev and x-dev sounded harmless, so I hit [Mark]. Then I get another
message with a do-not-enter pictogram that said:
,--
| Could not mark all packages for installation or upgrade
|
| The following packages have unresolvable dependencies. Make sure that all
| required repositories are added and enabled in the preferences.
|
| +-----------------------------------------------------------+
| | x-window-system-dev: |
| | Depends: libice-dev but it is not going to be installed |
| | Depends: libice6-dbg but it is not going to be installed |
| | Depends: libsm-dev but it is not going to be installed |
etc, for a couple dozen lines
So, it looks as if the problem may lie in /etc/apt/sources.list . Some of
the lines, when enabled, complain about GPG. I have GPG; how do I set it up
so apt is happy?
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