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ivtv error message, newbie lost!

Aug 8, 2003, 1:17 AM

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Even some pointers where I might look to resolve this would be helpfull

[root@localhost root]# apt-get install ivtv ivtv-kmdl-`uname -r` Reading
Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... 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:
ivtv: Depends: perl(Video::Frequencies) but it is not installable
Depends: perl(Video::Frequencies) (>= 0.03) but it is not
installable
Depends: perl(Video::ivtv) (>= 0.12) but it is not installable
Depends: perl-Video-Frequencies but it is not installable
Depends: perl-Video-ivtv but it is not installable
E: Broken packages

Regards Paul.

Re: ivtv error message, newbie lost! [ In reply to ]

cwieri39 at calvin

Aug 8, 2003, 5:28 AM

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>>>> shredder@thannet.com 8/8/2003 4:17:32 AM >>>
>Even some pointers where I might look to resolve this would be helpfull
>
>[root@localhost root]# apt-get install ivtv ivtv-kmdl-`uname -r` Reading
>Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... 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:
>
> ...

Grab http://ivtv.sourceforge.net/CVS-LATEST.tar.gz and just compile it. I had the same issue last night with apt-get and just compiling the latest CVS worked wonderfully. See the http://ivtv.sf.net FAQ for install help.

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Re: ivtv error message, newbie lost! [ In reply to ]

jcw at wilsonet

Aug 8, 2003, 3:33 PM

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On Friday, Chris Wieringa wrote:

>> Even some pointers where I might look to resolve this would be
>> helpfull
>>
>> [root@localhost root]# apt-get install ivtv ivtv-kmdl-`uname -r`
>> Reading
>> Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... 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:
>>
>> ...
>
> Grab http://ivtv.sourceforge.net/CVS-LATEST.tar.gz and just compile
> it. I had the same issue last night with apt-get and just compiling
> the latest CVS worked wonderfully. See the http://ivtv.sf.net FAQ for
> install help.

Actually, the problem is that when Axel (the ATrpms maintainer) and I
(the guy that wrote the docs he's following) decided the ivtv driver
rpms Axel had prepared were solid enough to move out of his
bleeding-edge apt repository, which isn't enabled by default (for
obvious reasons), we forgot about the ivtv dependencies,
perl-Video-ivtv and perl-Video-Frequencies, and they got left in the
bleeding section. As a result, those who have not enabled the
bleeding-edge repository get the error message.

Axel's been a bit busy (good stuff to come!), and hasn't had a chance
to update the repositories just yet, so in the mean time, the quick and
easy fix is this:

1) open /etc/apt/sources.list
2) uncomment the line for "http http://atrpms [snip] at-bleeding" and
save changes
3) run "apt-get update"
4) now "apt-get install ivtv ivtv-kmdl-`uname -r`

Everything should work then.

Or just install from CVS. :)

-jcw