MATE Install Errors on Mint 12 Lisa

[dss91]

Hey,

I'm trying to install MATE Desktop 1.2 on Mint 12 Lisa. I followed the instructions on the wiki about adding the Ubuntu repos to /etc/apt/sources.list (here my sources.list):

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deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ lisa main upstream import
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ oneiric partner
deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ oneiric free non-free
deb http://packages.mate-desktop.org/repo/ubuntu precise main

# deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu oneiric-getdeb apps
# deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu oneiric-getdeb games

I didn't want to do all of the terminal output, however there are no errors when I "sudo apt-get update" after making these changes (except for the signing verification error), and no errors when I install mate-archive-keyring and "sudo apt-get update" after that as well. The problems occur when I run "sudo apt-get install mate-core"

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dss@derek-vaio /etc/apt $ sudo apt-get install mate-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:
 mate-core : Depends: engrampa but it is not going to be installed
             Depends: ffmpegthumbnailer-caja but it is not going to be installed
             Depends: mate-applets but it is not going to be installed
             Depends: mate-control-center but it is not going to be installed
             Depends: caja but it is not going to be installed
             Depends: eom but it is not going to be installed
             Depends: mate-screensaver but it is not going to be installed
             Depends: mate-session-manager but it is not going to be installed
             Depends: mate-system-monitor but it is not going to be installed
             Depends: mate-terminal but it is not going to be installed
             Depends: mate-text-editor but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

Is there anyway to fix this (other than updating to Mint 13)?

Thanks!

Derek

[zerozero]

Did you add the preference rule present also in the wiki?

[dss91]

Did you add the preference rule present also in the wiki?

Oops,forgot to include in my original post. Here is my /etc/apt/preferences:

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Package: *
Pin: release o=linuxmint
Pin-Priority: 700

Package: *
Pin: origin packages.linuxmint.com
Pin-Priority: 700

Package: *
Pin: release o=Ubuntu
Pin-Priority: 500

Package: *
Pin: origin packages.mate-desktop.org
Pin-Priority: 700


[zerozero]

and after staring hours&hours at this the error is so simple:
- you added the precise (12.04/mint13) repo and not the oneiric (11.10/mint12)
- all the rest (specially the preferences rule) is fine.

[dss91]

:shock: and after staring hours&hours at this the error is so simple:
- you added the precise (12.04/mint13) repo and not the oneiric (11.10/mint12)
- all the rest (specially the preferences rule) is fine.

Thanks for the help!!!