Bug 4016

Summary: gnome has broken dependences because of libgnomevfs2-extra
Product: [Extras] Mer Reporter: Brian McKenzie <mckenzba>
Component: CoreAssignee: Carsten Munk <carsten.munk>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED QA Contact: general-bugs
Severity: blocker    
Priority: High    
Version: 0.6   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: N800   
OS: Linux   

Description Brian McKenzie (reporter) 2009-01-18 01:38:09 UTC
SOFTWARE VERSION:
mer ver.5-6

STEPS TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM:
apt-get install gnome
apt-get install gnome-desktop-environment
apt-get install gnome-core

EXPECTED OUTCOME:
start install prosess

ACTUAL OUTCOME:

root@Nokia-N800-23-14:/# apt-get install gnome
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:
  gnome: Depends: gnome-desktop-environment (= 1:2.22.2~4ubuntu3) but it is not
going to be installed
         Depends: gnome-themes-extras but it is not going to be installed
         Depends: gnome-games (>= 1:2.22.2) but it is not going to be installed
         Depends: rhythmbox (>= 0.11.5) but it is not going to be installed
         Depends: totem-mozilla but it is not going to be installed        
Depends: serpentine but it is not going to be installed
         Recommends: gnome-office (= 1:2.22.2~4ubuntu3) but it is not going to
be installed
E: Broken packages
root@Nokia-N800-23-14:/# apt-get install gnome-desktop-environment
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:
  gnome-desktop-environment: Depends: gnome-core (= 1:2.22.2~4ubuntu3) but it
is not going to be installed
                             Depends: deskbar-applet (>= 2.22.2.1) but it is
not going to be installed
                             Depends: fast-user-switch-applet (>= 2.22.0) but
it is not going to be installed
                             Depends: file-roller (>= 2.22.3) but it is not
going to be installed
                             Depends: gnome-themes (>= 2.22.2) but it is not
going to be installed
                             Depends: nautilus-cd-burner (>= 2.20.0) but it is
not going to be installed
                             Depends: totem-gstreamer (>= 2.22.2) but it is not
going to be installed or
                                      totem-xine (>= 2.22.2) but it is not
going to be installed
                             Depends: totem-plugins (>= 2.22.2) but it is not
going to be installed
                             Depends: libgnomevfs2-extra (>= 1:2.22.0) but it
is not going to be installed
                             Recommends: gnome-accessibility but it is not
going to be installed
                             Recommends: gnome-games (>= 1:2.22.2) but it is
not going to be installed
E: Broken packages
root@Nokia-N800-23-14:/# apt-get install gnome-core
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:
  gnome-core: Depends: gnome-control-center (>= 1:2.22.2.1) but it is not going
to be installed
              Depends: gnome-applets (>= 2.22.2) but it is not going to be
installed
              Depends: gnome-panel (>= 2.20.3) but it is not going to be
installed
              Depends: gnome-session (>= 2.22.2) but it is not going to be
installed
              Depends: nautilus (>= 2.20.0) but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages


REPRODUCIBILITY:
allwase

EXTRA SOFTWARE INSTALLED:
n/a

OTHER COMMENTS:
perhaps this could be solved by tweeking apt-pinning?


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Comment 1 Carsten Munk maemo.org 2009-01-18 01:41:22 UTC
Confirmed - same issue as with libosso-gnomevfs2, need for a transitional
package
Comment 2 Carsten Munk maemo.org 2009-02-03 21:44:32 UTC
Fixed now, but there is additional gconf2-common dependancy. Adding to Sprint
TODO.