Re: [SLUG] apt errors return

From: Paul M Foster (paulf@quillandmouse.com)
Date: Fri Mar 23 2007 - 00:13:07 EST


Eben King wrote:
> 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.
>

<snip>

> 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?
>

I have gpg as well, and I still get these messages. And FWIW, I've never
had more dependency problems with anything than I have had with X.
Particularly when Debian switch from X 6.XX to 7.XX, I had to dump X and
all dependent programs, and reinstall them all from scratch. That's not
pertinent to the X devel toolchain, but...

Paul

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