Mark R said:
You need gcc. Installing task-c-dev should get you everything you need in that line.
Did this - more failed dependencies, it all seems to be boiling down to binutils. I'll try downloading and installing this one tomorrow. A bit fried now, I'll do something silly as root soon if i don't go home.
Jen's sources.list file (commented out bits and all)
#deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free #deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free #deb http://security.debian.org stable/updates main contrib non-free # Uncomment if you want the apt-get source function to work #deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free #deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable non-US deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 r2 _Potato_ - Official i386 Binary-1 (20001207)]/ unstable contrib main non-US/contrib non-US/main #deb-src http://packages.debian.org/stable/
Missing dependencies for apt-get install task-debian-devel task devel-common task-c-dev task-c-dev: Depends: gcc but it is not going to be installed or c-compiler task-debian-devel: Depends: build-essential but it is not going to be installed Depends: cvs-buildpackage but it is not going to be installed Depends: lintian but it is not going to be installed Depends: debhelper but it is not going to be installed Depends: dh-make but it is not going to be installed Depends: debian-policy but it is not going to be installed Depends: debmake but it is not going to be installed Depends: developers-reference but it is not going to be installed Depends: devscripts but it is not going to be installed Depends: dupload but it is not going to be installed Depends: fakeroot but it is not going to be installed Depends: packaging-manual but it is not going to be installed Depends: maint-guide but it is not going to be installed task-devel-common: Depends: binutils but it is not going to be installed or binutils-multiarch but it is not going to be installed
Cheers, help much appreciated. Jenny.