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Mint-meta-debian-mate package missing (SOLVED)
Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2012 3:17 am
by Fornhamfred
I have just updated a friends machine with Update 5 but found that the mint-meta package has not been downloaded. I reloaded synaptic but the package is not available.
Will this cause any problems and if so how do I get the package please.
Re: Mint-meta-debian-mate package missing
Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2012 5:37 am
by DeJooL
Re: Mint-meta-debian-mate package missing
Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2012 7:54 am
by Fornhamfred
Thanks
I have noted that you should install the meta pack and have tried but it is not downloaded into apt from the repository. My question is why not and if I cannot install it will it cause any problems?
Re: Mint-meta-debian-mate package missing
Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2012 11:51 am
by zerozero
can you please post the output of
and
or a quick search in synaptic (assuming the repos are correct) for mint meta should show this
Re: Mint-meta-debian-mate package missing
Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2012 12:01 pm
by mockturtl
mint-meta-debian-mate (and
-cinnamon) has an
unresolvable pidgin-facebook dependency.
I think it will be fixed soon. In the meantime, you can install sid's package (
32-bit 64-bit) and
mint-meta-debian-mate will install normally.
Re: Mint-meta-debian-mate package missing
Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2012 12:08 pm
by Fornhamfred
The outputs are
epos: Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list
deb
http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian main upstream import
deb
http://debian.lth.se/lmde/latest testing main contrib non-free
deb
http://debian.lth.se/lmde/latest/security testing/updates main contrib non-free
deb
http://debian.lth.se/lmde/latest/multimedia testing main non-free
Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list
deb
http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
mint-meta-debian-mate:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 2012.09.14
Version table:
2012.09.14 0
700
http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian/main i386 Packages
There is not mint-meta-debian-mate package listed in synaptic.
Re: Mint-meta-debian-mate package missing
Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2012 12:10 pm
by zerozero
yep, as opposed to
that other system where pidgin-facebook came from UP4, here i can't install the meta-packages either
Code: Select all
amadeu@amadeu ~ $ apt install mint-meta-debian-cinnamon
[sudo] password for amadeu:
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:
mint-meta-debian-cinnamon : Depends: pidgin-facebookchat but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
amadeu@amadeu ~ $
Re: Mint-meta-debian-mate package missing
Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2012 12:43 pm
by zerozero
correct
Fornhamfred wrote:[...]
mint-meta-debian-mate:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 2012.09.14
Version table:
2012.09.14 0
[...]
it's there
Fornhamfred wrote:
There is not mint-meta-debian-mate package listed in synaptic.
so synaptic is broken, look closer please 
Re: Mint-meta-debian-mate package missing
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 9:05 am
by Monsta
Guys... can anyone please explain the logic of two metapackages for DEs depending on some stuff for a social network?
(not to mention that the needed package is not even in the same Update Pack)
Re: Mint-meta-debian-mate package missing
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 1:57 pm
by mockturtl
Monsta wrote:Guys... can anyone please explain the logic of two metapackages for DEs depending on some stuff for a social network?
Pidgin should support popular chat servers (skype, twitter, ...). Facebook might rub against DFSG, even though it's an open protocol.
You don't seem to need the
pidgin-facebookchat package for pidgin to connect to a facebook account. I think the dependency can be dropped without loss of functionality.
Re: Mint-meta-debian-mate package missing
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 2:00 pm
by Fornhamfred
Zero
I have just managed to connect to my friends machine and apt showed no broken packages. I did however once again do a reload and the package appeared this time.
It has now been installed and all is fine.
Out of interest, i have installed LMDE mate on another of my machines and after the first update the package did not show in synaptic. However after another reload it appeared. It seems as though this package is being held back. I am using linuxmint-fr and my friends machine is using Italy.
Thanks for the help.
Re: Mint-meta-debian-mate package missing
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 10:38 am
by Monsta
mockturtl wrote:Pidgin should support popular chat servers (skype, twitter, ...). Facebook might rub against DFSG, even though it's an open protocol.
Oh BTW, mint-meta-debian-xfce doesn't even depend on pidgin (not to mention the facebook chat). How come?
Re: Mint-meta-debian-mate package missing (SOLVED)
Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2012 4:18 am
by Monsta
Looks like that facebookchat dependency is still there in UP6 (mint-meta-debian-mate 2012.12.11.1).