Hi Folks, I have hit yet another instance of having an attempt to install a Debian package run into a dead end.
For the sake of another package, I need mencoder (I already have mplayer) on a Debian Etch system (regularly upgraded).
So I start up Synaptic, search for mencoder (which comes up in the search list), and mark it for installation. First result:
NOT AUTHENTICATED: libpostproccvs51
To be installed: libfribidi0 liblzo2-2 libpostproccvs51
and I then choose to Mark these. Result:
mencoder: Depends: libdvdnav4 but it is not going to be installed Depends: libmpcdec3 but it is not installable Depends: libtwolame0 but it is not installable
This "not going to be installed" and "not installable" is a block which I frequently encounter. No reasons are given as to why "it is not going to be installed" nor why "it is not installable", which leaves me clueless as to what to do about it! There is no visible "help" button in this situation.
Is there any work-round for this situation? While I like Debian when using what can be installed on it, I find this situation very irritating, and I'm beggining to get fed up with it.
Enough to drive me to use Ubuntu! (Which I find too glitzy and "user-oriented" [yuk] for myh taste, but at least it seems to do this kind of thing effortlessly).
Comments?
With thanks, Ted.
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