Problems with rpm database

[Carl Reynolds]

I just installed Fedora Core 3 x86_64 on a machine and used rpm to get 
atrpms-kickcstart for the x86_64 architecture.

When I run
    apt-get update
it gives me a lot of warnings like
   W:: There are multiple versions of "...."
   To disable warning set:
   RPM::Allow Duplicated-Warning "false"

I did the following command:
   rpm -qa --qf '%{name}\n' | sort | uniq -d | grep -v '^kernel'
It shows 206 duplicate modules in the rpm database.
The duplicates all have the same name and version number. That is, there 
are two versions of qt in the database, both with the same version, etc.

I think that the people who made the distribution I'm using left both 
the i386 and x86_64 versions of all these packages in the system and rpm 
sees both versions.

I tried
   rpm -e --nodeps --allmatches packagename
for each duplicated package, but that causes a lot of problems because 
after about 20 packages, rpm stops working because I had removed a 
package it needs. And there seem to be quite a number of these.

I tried
   apt-get -f update
repeatedly and it seemed to clear up the problems until I entered
   apt-get dist-upgrade
When I tried
   apt-get -f dist-upgrade
repeatedly, it erased all the binaries in /usr/bin

I tried
    rm /var/lib/rpm/__db.*
    rpmdb --rebuilddb -vv
It rebuilt the database with all the duplicates.

I tried
    rpm -e --nodeps --allmatches --repackage akisaurus
and it created  aiksaurus-1.2.1-2.i386.rpm and 
aiksaurus-1.2.1-2.x86_64.rpm in /var/spool/repackage. Thinking I could 
remove each package one at a time and reinstall it from the repackage 
directory.

When I tried
    rpm -i /var/spool/repackage/aiksaurus-1.2.1-2.x86_64.rpm
It gave me a V3 DSA signature: BAD, key ID 4f2a6fd2

I'm running out of ideas to try. Would someone please tell me how to get 
rid of the duplicates from my rpm database?

Thanks,
Carl.

[William Hooper]

Carl Reynolds said:
> I just installed Fedora Core 3 x86_64 on a machine and used rpm to get
> atrpms-kickcstart for the x86_64 architecture.
>
> When I run
> apt-get update

Has apt been upgraded to work with Fedora x86_64 yet?

[Carl Reynolds]

William Hooper wrote:
> Carl Reynolds said:
> > I just installed Fedora Core 3 x86_64 on a machine and used rpm to get
> > atrpms-kickcstart for the x86_64 architecture.
> >
> > When I run
> > apt-get update
>
> Has apt been upgraded to work with Fedora x86_64 yet?

The rpm I used to install it is 
http://download.atrpms.net/other/packages/fedora-3-i386/atrpms/atrpms-kickst...

Since it has x86_64 I guess I assumed it is for the 64 bit Fedora Core 3 
distribution.

Carl.

[Axel Thimm]

On Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 12:35:30AM -0500, Carl Reynolds wrote:
> William Hooper wrote:
> > Carl Reynolds said:
> > > I just installed Fedora Core 3 x86_64 on a machine and used rpm to get
> > > atrpms-kickcstart for the x86_64 architecture.
> > > When I run
> > > apt-get update
> > Has apt been upgraded to work with Fedora x86_64 yet?
> The rpm I used to install it is 
> http://download.atrpms.net/other/packages/fedora-3-i386/atrpms/atrpms-kickst...
>
> Since it has x86_64 I guess I assumed it is for the 64 bit Fedora Core 3 
> distribution.

It is and it works like a charm iff you avoid multilib, e.g. remove
all overlapping i386 packages. For servers that don't need openoffice
or HelixPlayer that's not a major loss.

http://bugzilla.atrpms.net/show_bug.cgi?id=326
   http://bugzilla.atrpms.net/show_bug.cgi?id=334

See

http://bugzilla.atrpms.net/show_bug.cgi?id=334#c2

for how to make your system "singlelib".

[James Wilkinson]

Carl Reynolds wrote (about apt on x86-64):
> Since it has x86_64 I guess I assumed it is for the 64 bit Fedora Core 3 
> distribution.

Axel Thimm wrote:
> It is and it works like a charm iff you avoid multilib, e.g. remove
> all overlapping i386 packages. For servers that don't need openoffice
> or HelixPlayer that's not a major loss.

For non-maths speakers, "iff" isn't a misprint, it means "if and only
if".

In other words, you can use apt on x86-64 if and ONLY if you're not
going to have any (overlapping) i386 packages.

In practice, practically everything binary links against glibc. So
unless you've got a specially-compiled "statically-linked" binary,
that means no i386 packages.

Having written that, some Debian folks seem to get on well with a
chrooted installation of i386 binaries. One day, I might try that.

James (on x86-64).

[Jonathan Berry]

On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 19:50:23 -0500, Carl Reynolds
 wrote:
> I just installed Fedora Core 3 x86_64 on a machine and used rpm to get
> atrpms-kickcstart for the x86_64 architecture.
>
> When I run
>     apt-get update
> it gives me a lot of warnings like
>    W:: There are multiple versions of "...."
>    To disable warning set:
>    RPM::Allow Duplicated-Warning "false"
>
> I did the following command:
>    rpm -qa --qf '%{name}\n' | sort | uniq -d | grep -v '^kernel'
> It shows 206 duplicate modules in the rpm database.
> The duplicates all have the same name and version number. That is, there
> are two versions of qt in the database, both with the same version, etc.
>
> I think that the people who made the distribution I'm using left both
> the i386 and x86_64 versions of all these packages in the system and rpm
> sees both versions.

Yes, this is the way it is supposed to work.  An AMD64 chip can run
both 64- and 32-bit programs so long as you don't mix them too much. 
That is, you cannot run a 32-bit program with 64-bit libs, so you need
the 32-bit libs, like those for Qt that you mentioned.  You also
cannot run 32-bit plugins with 64-bit programs (like Flash with
Firefox).  You are mostly seeing the libs that are installed for both
architectures.  OpenOffice is one major package that is currently only
available in 32-bit, so if you want that, you'll need these libs.

[snipped a lot of dangerous looking stuff]
> I'm running out of ideas to try. Would someone please tell me how to get
> rid of the duplicates from my rpm database?

These are not duplicates.  If you really want a pure 64-bit install, I
think Axel sent you some sites to look at.  If you want to leverage
the usefullness of x86_64 to support 64-bit and 32-bit, then I suggest
using yum instead of apt for package management, as yum understands
and can cope with the dual architecture.  Works great for me and I've
never seen errors about duplicates : ).
> Thanks,
> Carl.

Jonathan

[Carl Reynolds]

Axel Thimm wrote:
> .... remove all overlapping i386 packages. For servers that don't need openoffice
> or HelixPlayer that's not a major loss.
>
> http://bugzilla.atrpms.net/show_bug.cgi?id=326
>   http://bugzilla.atrpms.net/show_bug.cgi?id=334
>
> See
>
> http://bugzilla.atrpms.net/show_bug.cgi?id=334#c2
>
> for how to make your system "singlelib".

Sorry to be silent on this for so long, I have been trying to use Axel's 
advice. The technique outlined in bug report 334 allowed me to remove 
all duplicate packages and allowed
    apt-get update
to complete with no errors or warnings.

However, when I run
    apt-get dist-upgrade
it offers to remove my entire system

I've included the output from the command below, but I'm thinking of 
switching over to yum. It seems to work better on this system.

Why does apt-get say it wants to remove all those packages? I especially 
don't understand what's happening with bash, grep, sed, gawk, etc. 
Shouldn't those be left alone? As you can see I aborted the run when it 
asked me if I wanted to continue.

Carl.

# apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Calculating Upgrade... Done
The following packages will be upgraded
  dump libacl-devel libtiff-devel rmt tzdata words
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  4Suite ElectricFence GConf2 MAKEDEV MyODBC MySQL-python NetworkManager
  ORBit2 Omni Omni-foomatic PyQt PyQt-devel PyXML SDL SDL-devel SDL_image
  SDL_image-devel SDL_mixer SDL_mixer-devel SDL_net SDL_net-devel SysVinit
  VFlib2 Xaw3d Xaw3d-devel a2ps acpid alchemist alsa-lib alsa-lib-devel
  alsa-utils anacron apr-util arts arts-devel ash aspell aspell-en at
  atrpms-kickstart audiofile audiofile-devel authconfig authconfig-gtk
  autoconf autofs automake automake14 automake15 automake16 automake17 
bash bc
  bind-libs bind-utils binutils bison bitmap-fonts bitstream-vera-fonts
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nfs-utils
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procmail
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slrn
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umb-scheme
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The following packages have been kept back
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Need to get 3837kB of archives.
After unpacking 1754MB disk space will be freed.
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[Axel Thimm]

On Mon, Feb 28, 2005 at 04:17:17PM -0500, Carl Reynolds wrote:
> Axel Thimm wrote:
> > .... remove all overlapping i386 packages. For servers that don't need 
> > openoffice
> > or HelixPlayer that's not a major loss.
> >
> > http://bugzilla.atrpms.net/show_bug.cgi?id=326
> >  http://bugzilla.atrpms.net/show_bug.cgi?id=334
> >
> > See
> >
> > http://bugzilla.atrpms.net/show_bug.cgi?id=334#c2
> >
> > for how to make your system "singlelib".
>
> Sorry to be silent on this for so long, I have been trying to use Axel's 
> advice. The technique outlined in bug report 334 allowed me to remove 
> all duplicate packages and allowed
>    apt-get update
> to complete with no errors or warnings.
>
> However, when I run
>    apt-get dist-upgrade
> it offers to remove my entire system
>
> I've included the output from the command below, but I'm thinking of 
> switching over to yum. It seems to work better on this system.
>
> Why does apt-get say it wants to remove all those packages? I especially 
> don't understand what's happening with bash, grep, sed, gawk, etc. 
> Shouldn't those be left alone? As you can see I aborted the run when it 
> asked me if I wanted to continue.

Try

apt-get check

first to see, whether apt detects something irregular in the rpm
database. Then try

apt-get upgrade

(no dist). Any packages "held back" are candidated to have caused the
panic to apt-get dist-upgrade.

[Carl Reynolds]

Axel Thimm wrote:
> Try
>
> apt-get check
>
> first to see, whether apt detects something irregular in the rpm
> database. Then try
>
> apt-get upgrade
>
> (no dist). Any packages "held back" are candidated to have caused the
> panic to apt-get dist-upgrade.

I'm sorry to keep you waiting for the results of this. I know you have
all been anxiously waiting to find out how this turned out. :-)

Before I saw your message, I had started yum with the following command
    yum update
on Tuesday about 11:00 am and it just finished the update about two
hours ago. I work on a dial-up line and the update took two days.

Anyway, after running yum update (which completed successfully) I ran
    apt-get check
and it completed normally
    Reading Package Lists... Done
    Building Dependency Tree... Done

However when I ran
    apt-get --simulate upgrade
it gave me a very long list of packages held back (attached to the end
of this message)

Since the yum update completed successfully does that mean my rpm
database should be OK?
Is apt-get indicating problems with the database and if so are they
because it is having trouble in an x86_64 system?

Carl.

# apt-get --simulate upgrade
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following packages will be upgraded
  automake automake14 automake15 automake16 automake17 cups-devel dump
  gd-devel libacl-devel libtiff-devel mysql-bench mysql-devel
redhat-menus rmt
  ruby-mode sgml-common slang-devel system-config-date system-config-display
  system-config-kickstart system-config-services system-config-users tzdata
  words xml-common
The following packages have been kept back
  MyODBC NetworkManager Omni Omni-foomatic acl alsa-lib alsa-lib-devel
  alsa-utils apr arts arts-devel at bash beecrypt bind-libs bind-utils boost
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[Axel Thimm]

On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 02:51:35PM -0500, Carl Reynolds wrote:
> Axel Thimm wrote:
> > Try
> >
> > apt-get check
> >
> > first to see, whether apt detects something irregular in the rpm
> > database. Then try
> >
> > apt-get upgrade
> >
> > (no dist). Any packages "held back" are candidated to have caused the
> > panic to apt-get dist-upgrade.
>
> I'm sorry to keep you waiting for the results of this. I know you have
> all been anxiously waiting to find out how this turned out. :-)
>
> Before I saw your message, I had started yum with the following command
>    yum update
> on Tuesday about 11:00 am and it just finished the update about two
> hours ago. I work on a dial-up line and the update took two days.
>
> Anyway, after running yum update (which completed successfully) I ran
>    apt-get check
> and it completed normally
>    Reading Package Lists... Done
>    Building Dependency Tree... Done
>
> However when I ran
>    apt-get --simulate upgrade
> it gave me a very long list of packages held back (attached to the end
> of this message)
>
> Since the yum update completed successfully does that mean my rpm
> database should be OK?

It depends, apt claims you haven't updated glibc, have you? Should be
glibc-2.3.4-2.fc3.

If your installed package is still the old one, yum messed up, if it's
the new old apt messed up.

For good measure, I'd make sure my rpm database is in order. Try this:

rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__*
LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.1 rpm --rebuilddb

Then try again the yum/apt commands.
> Is apt-get indicating problems with the database and if so are they
> because it is having trouble in an x86_64 system?
> # apt-get --simulate upgrade
> [...]
> The following packages have been kept back
>  [...] glibc glibc-common glibc-devel glibc-headers

[Carl Reynolds]

Axel Thimm wrote:
> ... apt claims you haven't updated glibc, have you? Should be
> glibc-2.3.4-2.fc3.
>
> If your installed package is still the old one, yum messed up, if it's
> the new old apt messed up.
>
> For good measure, I'd make sure my rpm database is in order. Try this:
>
> rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__*
> LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.1 rpm --rebuilddb
>
> Then try again the yum/apt commands.

Hi Axel,

I had already updated with up2date by the time I got your message. It is 
possible that it updated glibc. I didn't notice. However, I do have the 
2.3.4-2fc3 version of glibc installed.
   # rpm -q --qf '%{name}-%{version}-%{release} %{arch}\n' glibc
   glibc-2.3.4-2.fc3 x86_64

As you suggested, I rebuilt the rpm database:
   # rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db.00*
   # LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.1 rpm --rebuilddb

Then I redid the yum and apt commands to see what would happen. The 
results are at the end of the message. You will notice that the apt-get 
upgrade works, although it does list some packages as being held back. I 
don't know if this indicates a problem or not.

apt-get dist-upgrade wants to remove a number of critical packages so I 
didn't continue with apt from that point.

I think I have my machine updated with up2date and can use yum or 
up2date to install any new packages I need. (I am assuming this because 
I'm not really familiar with the use of apt, yum, or up2date).

If it will help you with development of apt, I will be happy to continue 
to work on the problem with you. If not, thank you very much for the 
help you've offered in getting my machine up and running.

Carl.

# yum update
Setting up Update Process
Setting up Repo:  base
repomd.xml                100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
Setting up Repo:  updates-released
repomd.xml                100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
Reading repository metadata in from local files
base      : ################################################## 2852/2852
primary.xml.gz            100% |=========================| 302 kB    01:28
MD Read   : ################################################## 734/734
updates-re: ################################################## 734/734
No Packages marked for Update/Obsoletion

# apt-get upgrade
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following packages have been kept back
  acl alsa-lib alsa-lib-devel alsa-utils beecrypt diffstat docbook-dtds
  fedora-release fetchmail flac freeglut glib2 glib2-devel gnupg howl lftp
  libacl libgcrypt libgpg-error libraw1394 libselinux libselinux-devel 
libxml2
  libxml2-devel libxml2-python libxslt libxslt-devel lm_sensors
  module-init-tools mutt openjade perl-HTML-Parser perl-XML-LibXML
  perl-XML-Parser perl-XML-Twig pkgconfig popt pyxf86config rhn-applet 
rhnlib
  rpm rpm-build rpm-devel rpm-python tcl up2date up2date-gnome yum zlib
  zlib-devel
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 removed and 50 not upgraded.

# apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Calculating Upgrade... Done
The following packages will be upgraded
  docbook-dtds fedora-release perl-XML-Twig rhnlib
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  atrpms-kickstart firstboot kdeaddons kdemultimedia rhn-applet rpm 
rpm-build
  rpm-devel rpm-python system-config-network system-config-network-tui
  system-config-packages system-config-users up2date up2date-gnome yum
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  atrpms atrpms-package-config docbook-style-dsssl elfutils-devel
  elfutils-libelf-devel nptl-devel perl-XML-XPath pythonabi
The following packages have been kept back
  acl alsa-lib alsa-lib-devel alsa-utils beecrypt diffstat fetchmail flac
  freeglut glib2 glib2-devel gnupg howl lftp libacl libgcrypt libgpg-error
  libraw1394 libselinux libselinux-devel libxml2 libxml2-devel 
libxml2-python
  libxslt libxslt-devel lm_sensors module-init-tools mutt openjade
  perl-HTML-Parser perl-XML-LibXML perl-XML-Parser pkgconfig popt 
pyxf86config
  tcl zlib zlib-devel
WARNING: The following essential packages will be removed
This should NOT be done unless you know exactly what you are doing!
  rpm
4 upgraded, 8 newly installed, 16 removed and 38 not upgraded.
Need to get 2596kB of archives.
After unpacking 73.9MB disk space will be freed.
You are about to do something potentially harmful
To continue type in the phrase 'Yes, do as I say!'
 ?] no
Abort.

[Axel Thimm]

On Fri, Mar 04, 2005 at 01:15:49PM -0500, Carl Reynolds wrote:
> Axel Thimm wrote:
> > ... apt claims you haven't updated glibc, have you? Should be
> > glibc-2.3.4-2.fc3.
> >
> > If your installed package is still the old one, yum messed up, if it's
> > the new old apt messed up.
> >
> > For good measure, I'd make sure my rpm database is in order. Try this:
> >
> > rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__*
> > LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.1 rpm --rebuilddb
> >
> > Then try again the yum/apt commands.
>
> Hi Axel,
>
> I had already updated with up2date by the time I got your message. It is 
> possible that it updated glibc. I didn't notice. However, I do have the 
> 2.3.4-2fc3 version of glibc installed.
>   # rpm -q --qf '%{name}-%{version}-%{release} %{arch}\n' glibc
>   glibc-2.3.4-2.fc3 x86_64
>
> As you suggested, I rebuilt the rpm database:
>   # rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db.00*
>   # LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.1 rpm --rebuilddb
>
> Then I redid the yum and apt commands to see what would happen. The 
> results are at the end of the message. You will notice that the apt-get 
> upgrade works, although it does list some packages as being held back. I 
> don't know if this indicates a problem or not.
>
> apt-get dist-upgrade wants to remove a number of critical packages so I 
> didn't continue with apt from that point.

No, this looks really bad. If you like to hunt this down further, you
could try to apt-get install the held back packages one by one (or row
by row) to see what apt-get's reaction is. If it succeeds, then
apt-get dist-upgrade has a bug. If it doesn't we'll know which package
is causing havoc on your system.

(did you apt-get update after rebuilding the rpm database?)
> # apt-get upgrade
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> The following packages have been kept back
>  acl alsa-lib alsa-lib-devel alsa-utils beecrypt diffstat docbook-dtds
>  fedora-release fetchmail flac freeglut glib2 glib2-devel gnupg howl lftp
>  libacl libgcrypt libgpg-error libraw1394 libselinux libselinux-devel 
> libxml2
>  libxml2-devel libxml2-python libxslt libxslt-devel lm_sensors
>  module-init-tools mutt openjade perl-HTML-Parser perl-XML-LibXML
>  perl-XML-Parser perl-XML-Twig pkgconfig popt pyxf86config rhn-applet 
> rhnlib
>  rpm rpm-build rpm-devel rpm-python tcl up2date up2date-gnome yum zlib
>  zlib-devel
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 removed and 50 not upgraded.
>
> # apt-get dist-upgrade
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> Calculating Upgrade... Done
> The following packages will be upgraded
>  docbook-dtds fedora-release perl-XML-Twig rhnlib
> The following packages will be REMOVED:
>  atrpms-kickstart firstboot kdeaddons kdemultimedia rhn-applet rpm 
> rpm-build
>  rpm-devel rpm-python system-config-network system-config-network-tui
>  system-config-packages system-config-users up2date up2date-gnome yum
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
>  atrpms atrpms-package-config docbook-style-dsssl elfutils-devel
>  elfutils-libelf-devel nptl-devel perl-XML-XPath pythonabi
> The following packages have been kept back
>  acl alsa-lib alsa-lib-devel alsa-utils beecrypt diffstat fetchmail flac
>  freeglut glib2 glib2-devel gnupg howl lftp libacl libgcrypt libgpg-error
>  libraw1394 libselinux libselinux-devel libxml2 libxml2-devel 
> libxml2-python
>  libxslt libxslt-devel lm_sensors module-init-tools mutt openjade
>  perl-HTML-Parser perl-XML-LibXML perl-XML-Parser pkgconfig popt 
> pyxf86config
>  tcl zlib zlib-devel
> WARNING: The following essential packages will be removed
> This should NOT be done unless you know exactly what you are doing!
>  rpm
> 4 upgraded, 8 newly installed, 16 removed and 38 not upgraded.
> Need to get 2596kB of archives.
> After unpacking 73.9MB disk space will be freed.
> You are about to do something potentially harmful
> To continue type in the phrase 'Yes, do as I say!'
> ?] no
> Abort.

[Carl Reynolds]

Axel Thimm wrote:
> this looks really bad. If you like to hunt this down further, you
> could try to apt-get install the held back packages one by one (or row
> by row) to see what apt-get's reaction is. If it succeeds, then
> apt-get dist-upgrade has a bug. If it doesn't we'll know which package
> is causing havoc on your system.
>
> (did you apt-get update after rebuilding the rpm database?)

I did do an apt-get update after rebuilding the database.

I did apt-get install on each package in the held back list. You can see 
the results at the end of this message.

I keep noticing that packages are depending on libc. libc is not 
installed on my system. glibc is and the modules listed along with the 
references to libc all come from glibc so I'm confused about why apt-get 
isn't finding the required modules in glibc.

I notice that most of the Depends list a library or a module in a 
library. How do I find out which packages these libraries are part of?

When I enter
    rpm -q libc
(for example) rpm tells me 'package libc is not installed'.

I don't know how to find the packages I need to resolve the dependencies 
listed in the output.

Carl.

# apt-get install acl
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.

Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  acl:                  Depends: libacl.so.1
                        Depends: libacl.so.1(ACL_1.0)
                        Depends: libattr.so.1
                        Depends: libc.so.6
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3.3)
E: Broken packages

# apt-get install alsa-lib
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  alsa-lib:             Depends: libasound.so.2
                        Depends: libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9)
                        Depends: libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9.0rc8)
                        Depends: libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9.5)
                        Depends: libasound2 (= 1.0.8) but it is not 
going to be installed
                        Depends: libc.so.6
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2)
                        Depends: libdl.so.2
                        Depends: libm.so.6
                        Depends: libpthread.so.0
                        Depends: libpthread.so.0(GLIBC_2.0)
E: Broken packages

# apt-get install alsa-lib-devel
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  alsa-lib-devel:       Depends: alsa-lib (= 1.0.8) but 1.0.6-7.FC3 is 
to be installed
E: Broken packages

# apt-get install alsa-utils
eading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
alsa-utils is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 removed and 50 not upgraded.

# apt-get install beecrypt
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  beecrypt:             Depends: libc.so.6
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.3)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3)
                        Depends: libpthread.so.0
                        Depends: libpthread.so.0(GLIBC_2.0)
                        Depends: librt.so.1
E: Broken packages

# apt-get install diffstat
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  diffstat:             Depends: libc.so.6
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3)
E: Broken packages

# apt-get install fetchmail
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  fetchmail:            Depends: libc.so.6
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.3)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3.3)
                        Depends: libcom_err.so.2
                        Depends: libcrypt.so.1
                        Depends: libcrypto.so.4
                        Depends: libdes425.so.3
                        Depends: libdl.so.2
                        Depends: libgssapi_krb5.so.2
                        Depends: libhesiod.so.0
                        Depends: libk5crypto.so.3
                        Depends: libkrb4.so.2
                        Depends: libkrb5.so.3
                        Depends: libresolv.so.2
                        Depends: libresolv.so.2(GLIBC_2.0)
                        Depends: libresolv.so.2(GLIBC_2.2)
                        Depends: libssl.so.4
E: Broken packages

# apt-get install flac
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  flac:                 Depends: libFLAC++4 (= 1.1.1-7.rhfc3.at) but it 
is not going to be installed
                        Depends: libFLAC.so.6
                        Depends: libFLAC6 (= 1.1.1-7.rhfc3.at) but it is 
not going to be installed
                        Depends: libOggFLAC++0 (= 1.1.1-7.rhfc3.at) but 
it is not going to be installed
                        Depends: libOggFLAC.so.1
                        Depends: libOggFLAC1 (= 1.1.1-7.rhfc3.at) but it 
is not going to be installed
                        Depends: libc.so.6
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3)
                        Depends: libm.so.6
                        Depends: libm.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
                        Depends: libogg.so.0
E: Broken packages

# apt-get install freeglut
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  freeglut:             Depends: libGL.so.1
                        Depends: libGLU.so.1
                        Depends: libX11.so.6
                        Depends: libXext.so.6
                        Depends: libXxf86vm.so.1
                        Depends: libc.so.6
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.3)
                        Depends: libm.so.6
                        Depends: libm.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
E: Broken packages

# apt-get install glib2
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  glib2:                Depends: libglib-2.0_0 (= 2.6.0-1_10.rhfc3.at) 
but it is not going to be installed
                        Depends: libgmodule-2.0_0 (= 
2.6.0-1_10.rhfc3.at) but it is not going to be installed
                        Depends: libgobject-2.0_0 (= 
2.6.0-1_10.rhfc3.at) but it is not going to be installed
                        Depends: libgthread-2.0_0 (= 
2.6.0-1_10.rhfc3.at) but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages

# apt-get install glib2-devel
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  glib2-devel:          Depends: libc.so.6
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1)
                        Depends: libglib-2.0.so.0
                        Depends: libglib-2.0_0 (= 2.6.0-1_10.rhfc3.at) 
but it is not going to be installed
                        Depends: libgmodule-2.0_0 (= 
2.6.0-1_10.rhfc3.at) but it is not going to be installed
                        Depends: libgobject-2.0.so.0
                        Depends: libgobject-2.0_0 (= 
2.6.0-1_10.rhfc3.at) but it is not going to be installed
                        Depends: libgthread-2.0_0 (= 
2.6.0-1_10.rhfc3.at) but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages

# apt-get install gnupg
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  gnupg:                Depends: libbz2.so.1
                        Depends: libc.so.6
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.3)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3.3)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3.4)
                        Depends: libdl.so.2
                        Depends: libdl.so.2(GLIBC_2.0)
                        Depends: libdl.so.2(GLIBC_2.1)
                        Depends: libresolv.so.2
                        Depends: libresolv.so.2(GLIBC_2.0)
                        Depends: libresolv.so.2(GLIBC_2.2)
                        Depends: libusb-0.1.so.4
                        Depends: libz.so.1
E: Broken packages

# apt-get install howl
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  howl:                 Depends: libc.so.6
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1)
                        Depends: libhowl-0.9.6_1 (= 0.9.6-6_4.rhfc3.at) 
but it is not going to be installed
                        Depends: libmDNSResponder-0.9.6_0 (= 
0.9.6-6_4.rhfc3.at) but it is not going to be installed
                        Depends: libpthread.so.0
                        Depends: libpthread.so.0(GLIBC_2.0)
                        Depends: libpthread.so.0(GLIBC_2.1)
                        Obsoletes: howl-libs (<= 0.9.6-6_4.rhfc3.at)
E: Broken packages

# apt-get install lftp
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  lftp:                 Depends: libc.so.6
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.3)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2.3)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3.4)
                        Depends: libcrypto.so.4
                        Depends: libdl.so.2
                        Depends: libdl.so.2(GLIBC_2.0)
                        Depends: libdl.so.2(GLIBC_2.1)
                        Depends: libgcc_s.so.1
                        Depends: libgcc_s.so.1(GCC_3.0)
                        Depends: libgcc_s.so.1(GCC_3.3)
                        Depends: libncurses.so.5
                        Depends: libreadline.so.4
                        Depends: libresolv.so.2
                        Depends: libresolv.so.2(GLIBC_2.0)
                        Depends: libresolv.so.2(GLIBC_2.2)
                        Depends: libssl.so.4
                        Depends: libutil.so.1
                        Depends: libutil.so.1(GLIBC_2.0)
E: Broken packages

# apt-get install libacl
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  libacl:               Depends: libattr.so.1
                        Depends: libattr.so.1(ATTR_1.0)
                        Depends: libc.so.6
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.3)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3)
E: Broken packages

# apt-get install libgcrypt
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following packages will be upgraded
  libgcrypt
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  NetworkManager alchemist desktop-printing firefox firstboot gdm
  gnome-python2 gnome-python2-bonobo gnome-python2-canvas
  gnome-python2-gtkhtml2 hal-cups-utils kdbg kdeaddons kdeartwork kdebase
  kdebase-devel kdegraphics kdegraphics-devel kdelibs kdelibs-devel
  kdemultimedia kdenetwork kdenetwork-devel kdepim kdepim-devel kdesdk
  kdesdk-devel kdeutils kdeutils-devel kdevelop kdewebdev krb5-auth-dialog
  libbonoboui libgnome libgnomeui libxslt libxslt-devel rhn-applet
  scrollkeeper system-config-network system-config-packages
  system-config-printer system-config-printer-gui up2date-gnome xmlsec1
  xmlsec1-openssl
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 46 removed and 45 not upgraded.
Need to get 62.7kB of archives.
After unpacking 488MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] no
Abort.

# apt-get install libgpg-error
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  libgpg-error:         Depends: libc.so.6
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.3)
E: Broken packages

# apt-get install libraw1394
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  libraw1394:           Depends: libc.so.6
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
                        Depends: libraw1394.so.8
E: Broken packages

# apt-get install libselinux
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  libselinux:           Depends: libc.so.6
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.3)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3.4)
E: Broken packages

# apt-get install libselinux-devel
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  libselinux-devel:     Depends: libselinux (= 1.19.3) but 1.19.1-8 is 
to be installed
E: Broken packages

# apt-get install libxml2
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  libxml2:              Depends: libc.so.6
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2)
                        Depends: libm.so.6
                        Depends: libpthread.so.0
                        Depends: libpthread.so.0(GLIBC_2.0)
                        Depends: libpthread.so.0(GLIBC_2.2)
                        Depends: libxml2.so.2
                        Depends: libxml2_2 (= 2.6.16-5_17.rhfc3.at) but 
it is not going to be installed
                        Depends: libz.so.1
E: Broken packages

# apt-get install libxml2-devel
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  libxml2-devel:        Depends: libc.so.6
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.3)
                        Depends: libm.so.6
                        Depends: libpthread.so.0
                        Depends: libxml2.so.2
                        Depends: libxml2_2 (= 2.6.16-5_17.rhfc3.at) but 
it is not going to be installed
                        Depends: libz.so.1
E: Broken packages

# apt-get install libxml2-python
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  libxml2-python:       Depends: /usr/lib/python2.3
                        Depends: libc.so.6
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.3)
                        Depends: libxml2.so.2
E: Broken packages

# apt-get install libxslt
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  libxslt:              Depends: libc.so.6
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
                        Depends: libexslt.so.0
                        Depends: libm.so.6
                        Depends: libpthread.so.0
                        Depends: libxml2.so.2
                        Depends: libxslt.so.1
                        Depends: libxslt1 (= 1.1.12) but it is not going 
to be installed
                        Depends: libz.so.1
E: Broken packages

# apt-get install libxslt-devel
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  libxslt-devel:        Depends: libxslt1 (= 1.1.12) but it is not going 
to be installed
E: Broken packages

# apt-get install lm_sensors
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  lm_sensors:           Depends: libc.so.6
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.3)
                        Depends: libm.so.6
                        Depends: libm.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
E: Broken packages

# apt-get install module-init-tools
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  module-init-tools:    Depends: libc.so.6
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.1)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2.3)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3)
E: Broken packages

# apt-get install mutt
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  mutt:                 Depends: libc.so.6
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3.3)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3.4)
                        Depends: libcom_err.so.2
                        Depends: libcrypto.so.4
                        Depends: libgssapi_krb5.so.2
                        Depends: libk5crypto.so.3
                        Depends: libkrb5.so.3
                        Depends: libm.so.6
                        Depends: libncursesw.so.5
                        Depends: libresolv.so.2
                        Depends: libsasl.so.7
                        Depends: libslang-utf8.so.1
                        Depends: libssl.so.4
E: Broken packages

# apt-get install openjade
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  openjade:             Depends: libc.so.6
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.3)
                        Depends: libgcc_s.so.1
                        Depends: libgcc_s.so.1(GCC_3.0)
                        Depends: libm.so.6
                        Depends: libm.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
                        Depends: libnsl.so.1
                        Depends: libosp.so.4
                        Depends: libpthread.so.0
                        Depends: libpthread.so.0(GLIBC_2.0)
                        Depends: libstdc++.so.6
                        Depends: libstdc++.so.6(CXXABI_1.3)
                        Depends: libstdc++.so.6(GLIBCXX_3.4)
E: Broken packages

# apt-get install perl-HTML-Parser
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  perl-HTML-Parser:     Depends: libc.so.6
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.3)
E: Broken packages

# apt-get install perl-XML-LibXML
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  perl-XML-LibXML:      Depends: libc.so.6
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.3)
                        Depends: libm.so.6
                        Depends: libpthread.so.0
                        Depends: libpthread.so.0(GLIBC_2.0)
                        Depends: libxml2.so.2
                        Depends: libz.so.1
E: Broken packages

# apt-get install perl-XML-Parser
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  perl-XML-Parser:      Depends: libc.so.6
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.3)
                        Depends: libexpat.so.0
E: Broken packages

# apt-get install pkgconfig
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  pkgconfig:            Depends: libc.so.6
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.2)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.3)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3)
E: Broken packages

# apt-get install popt
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  popt:                 Depends: libc.so.6
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.3)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3)
E: Broken packages

# apt-get install pyxf86config
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  pyxf86config:         Depends: libc.so.6
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.3)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3)
                        Depends: libdl.so.2
                        Depends: libglib-2.0.so.0
                        Depends: libgmodule-2.0.so.0
                        Depends: libgobject-2.0.so.0
E: Broken packages

# apt-get install tcl
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  tcl:                  Depends: libc.so.6
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.3)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3)
                        Depends: libdl.so.2
                        Depends: libdl.so.2(GLIBC_2.0)
                        Depends: libdl.so.2(GLIBC_2.1)
                        Depends: libm.so.6
                        Depends: libm.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
E: Broken packages

# apt-get install zlib
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  zlib:                 Depends: libc.so.6
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1)
                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.3)
E: Broken packages

# apt-get install zlib-devel
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  zlib-devel:           Depends: zlib (= 1.2.2.2) but 1.2.1.2-1 is to be 
installed
E: Broken packages

Here is a list of the dependancies from the above output:

acl:                  Depends: libacl.so.1
acl:                  Depends: libattr.so.1
acl:                  Depends on: libc.so.6
alsa-lib:             Depends on: libasound2
alsa-lib:             Depends on: libasound.so.2
alsa-lib:             Depends on: libc.so.6
alsa-lib:             Depends on: libdl.so.2
alsa-lib:             Depends on: libm.so.6
alsa-lib:             Depends on: libpthread.so.0
alsa-lib-devel:       Depends on: alsa-lib
beecrypt:             Depends on: libc.so.6
beecrypt:             Depends on: libpthread.so.0
beecrypt:             Depends on: librt.so.1
diffstat:             Depends on: libc.so.6
fetchmail:            Depends on: libcom_err.so.2
fetchmail:            Depends on: libcrypto.so.4
fetchmail:            Depends on: libcrypt.so.1
fetchmail:            Depends on: libc.so.6
fetchmail:            Depends on: libdes425.so.3
fetchmail:            Depends on: libdl.so.2
fetchmail:            Depends on: libgssapi_krb5.so.2
fetchmail:            Depends on: libhesiod.so.0
fetchmail:            Depends on: libk5crypto.so.3
fetchmail:            Depends on: libkrb4.so.2
fetchmail:            Depends on: libkrb5.so.3
fetchmail:            Depends on: libresolv.so.2
fetchmail:            Depends on: libssl.so.4
flac:                 Depends on: libc.so.6
flac:                 Depends on: libFLAC++4
flac:                 Depends on: libFLAC6
flac:                 Depends on: libFLAC.so.6
flac:                 Depends on: libm.so.6
flac:                 Depends on: libOggFLAC++0
flac:                 Depends on: libOggFLAC1
flac:                 Depends on: libOggFLAC.so.1
flac:                 Depends on: libogg.so.0
freeglut:             Depends on: libc.so.6
freeglut:             Depends on: libGL.so.1
freeglut:             Depends on: libGLU.so.1
freeglut:             Depends on: libm.so.6
freeglut:             Depends on: libX11.so.6
freeglut:             Depends on: libXext.so.6
freeglut:             Depends on: libXxf86vm.so.1
glib2:                Depends on: libglib-2.0_0
glib2:                Depends on: libgmodule-2.0_0
glib2:                Depends on: libgobject-2.0_0
glib2:                Depends on: libgthread-2.0_0
glib2-devel:          Depends on: libc.so.6
glib2-devel:          Depends on: libglib-2.0_0
glib2-devel:          Depends on: libglib-2.0.so.0
glib2-devel:          Depends on: libgmodule-2.0_0
glib2-devel:          Depends on: libgobject-2.0_0
glib2-devel:          Depends on: libgobject-2.0.so.0
glib2-devel:          Depends on: libgthread-2.0_0
gnupg:                Depends on: libbz2.so.1
gnupg:                Depends on: libc.so.6
gnupg:                Depends on: libdl.so.2
gnupg:                Depends on: libresolv.so.2
gnupg:                Depends on: libusb-0.1.so.4
gnupg:                Depends on: libz.so.1
howl:                 Depends on: libc.so.6
howl:                 Depends on: libhowl-0.9.6_1
howl:                 Depends on: libmDNSResponder-0.9.6_0
howl:                 Depends on: libpthread.so.0
lftp:                 Depends on: libcrypto.so.4
lftp:                 Depends on: libc.so.6
lftp:                 Depends on: libdl.so.2
lftp:                 Depends on: libgcc_s.so.1
lftp:                 Depends on: libncurses.so.5
lftp:                 Depends on: libreadline.so.4
lftp:                 Depends on: libresolv.so.2
lftp:                 Depends on: libssl.so.4
lftp:                 Depends on: libutil.so.1
libacl:               Depends on: libattr.so.1
libacl:               Depends on: libc.so.6
libgpg-error:         Depends on: libc.so.6
libraw1394:           Depends on: libc.so.6
libraw1394:           Depends on: libraw1394.so.8
libselinux:           Depends on: libc.so.6
libselinux-devel:     Depends on: libselinux
libxml2:              Depends on: libc.so.6
libxml2:              Depends on: libm.so.6
libxml2:              Depends on: libpthread.so.0
libxml2:              Depends on: libxml2_2
libxml2:              Depends on: libxml2.so.2
libxml2:              Depends on: libz.so.1
libxml2-devel:        Depends on: libc.so.6
libxml2-devel:        Depends on: libm.so.6
libxml2-devel:        Depends on: libpthread.so.0
libxml2-devel:        Depends on: libxml2_2
libxml2-devel:        Depends on: libxml2.so.2
libxml2-devel:        Depends on: libz.so.1
libxml2-python:       Depends on: libc.so.6
libxml2-python:       Depends on: libxml2.so.2
libxml2-python:       Depends on: /usr/lib/python2.3
libxslt:              Depends on: libc.so.6
libxslt:              Depends on: libexslt.so.0
libxslt:              Depends on: libm.so.6
libxslt:              Depends on: libpthread.so.0
libxslt:              Depends on: libxml2.so.2
libxslt:              Depends on: libxslt1
libxslt:              Depends on: libxslt.so.1
libxslt:              Depends on: libz.so.1
libxslt-devel:        Depends on: libxslt1
lm_sensors:           Depends on: libc.so.6
lm_sensors:           Depends on: libm.so.6
module-init-tools:    Depends on: libc.so.6
mutt:                 Depends on: libcom_err.so.2
mutt:                 Depends on: libcrypto.so.4
mutt:                 Depends on: libc.so.6
mutt:                 Depends on: libgssapi_krb5.so.2
mutt:                 Depends on: libk5crypto.so.3
mutt:                 Depends on: libkrb5.so.3
mutt:                 Depends on: libm.so.6
mutt:                 Depends on: libncursesw.so.5
mutt:                 Depends on: libresolv.so.2
mutt:                 Depends on: libsasl.so.7
mutt:                 Depends on: libslang-utf8.so.1
mutt:                 Depends on: libssl.so.4
openjade:             Depends on: libc.so.6
openjade:             Depends on: libgcc_s.so.1
openjade:             Depends on: libm.so.6
openjade:             Depends on: libnsl.so.1
openjade:             Depends on: libosp.so.4
openjade:             Depends on: libpthread.so.0
openjade:             Depends on: libstdc++.so.6
perl-HTML-Parser:     Depends on: libc.so.6
perl-XML-LibXML:      Depends on: libc.so.6
perl-XML-LibXML:      Depends on: libm.so.6
perl-XML-LibXML:      Depends on: libpthread.so.0
perl-XML-LibXML:      Depends on: libxml2.so.2
perl-XML-LibXML:      Depends on: libz.so.1
perl-XML-Parser:      Depends on: libc.so.6
perl-XML-Parser:      Depends on: libexpat.so.0
pkgconfig:            Depends on: libc.so.6
popt:                 Depends on: libc.so.6
pyxf86config:         Depends on: libc.so.6
pyxf86config:         Depends on: libdl.so.2
pyxf86config:         Depends on: libglib-2.0.so.0
pyxf86config:         Depends on: libgmodule-2.0.so.0
pyxf86config:         Depends on: libgobject-2.0.so.0
tcl:                  Depends on: libc.so.6
tcl:                  Depends on: libdl.so.2
tcl:                  Depends on: libm.so.6
zlib:                 Depends on: libc.so.6
zlib-devel:           Depends on: zlib

[Axel Thimm]

On Sat, Mar 05, 2005 at 09:44:49PM -0500, Carl Reynolds wrote:
> Axel Thimm wrote:
> > this looks really bad. If you like to hunt this down further, you
> > could try to apt-get install the held back packages one by one (or row
> > by row) to see what apt-get's reaction is. If it succeeds, then
> > apt-get dist-upgrade has a bug. If it doesn't we'll know which package
> > is causing havoc on your system.
> >
> > (did you apt-get update after rebuilding the rpm database?)
>
> I did do an apt-get update after rebuilding the database.
>
> I did apt-get install on each package in the held back list. You can see 
> the results at the end of this message.
>
> I keep noticing that packages are depending on libc. libc is not 
> installed on my system. glibc is and the modules listed along with the 
> references to libc all come from glibc so I'm confused about why apt-get 
> isn't finding the required modules in glibc.

OK, that means your system is multilib. If you want top use apt on
x86_64 you must make sure the system has not overlapping packages,
otherwise use yum/up2date/smart etc.

http://bugzilla.atrpms.net/show_bug.cgi?id=326
http://bugzilla.atrpms.net/show_bug.cgi?id=334#c2
> I notice that most of the Depends list a library or a module in a 
> library. How do I find out which packages these libraries are part of?
>
> When I enter
>    rpm -q libc
> (for example) rpm tells me 'package libc is not installed'.
>
> I don't know how to find the packages I need to resolve the dependencies 
> listed in the output.
>
> Carl.
>
> # apt-get install acl
> 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.
>
> Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
> the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
> that package should be filed.
> The following information may help to resolve the situation:
>
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>  acl:                  Depends: libacl.so.1
>                        Depends: libacl.so.1(ACL_1.0)
>                        Depends: libattr.so.1
>                        Depends: libc.so.6
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3.3)
> E: Broken packages
>
> # apt-get install alsa-lib
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>  alsa-lib:             Depends: libasound.so.2
>                        Depends: libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9)
>                        Depends: libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9.0rc8)
>                        Depends: libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9.5)
>                        Depends: libasound2 (= 1.0.8) but it is not 
> going to be installed
>                        Depends: libc.so.6
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2)
>                        Depends: libdl.so.2
>                        Depends: libm.so.6
>                        Depends: libpthread.so.0
>                        Depends: libpthread.so.0(GLIBC_2.0)
> E: Broken packages
>
> # apt-get install alsa-lib-devel
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>  alsa-lib-devel:       Depends: alsa-lib (= 1.0.8) but 1.0.6-7.FC3 is 
> to be installed
> E: Broken packages
>
> # apt-get install alsa-utils
> eading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> alsa-utils is already the newest version.
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 removed and 50 not upgraded.
>
> # apt-get install beecrypt
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>  beecrypt:             Depends: libc.so.6
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.3)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3)
>                        Depends: libpthread.so.0
>                        Depends: libpthread.so.0(GLIBC_2.0)
>                        Depends: librt.so.1
> E: Broken packages
>
> # apt-get install diffstat
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>  diffstat:             Depends: libc.so.6
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3)
> E: Broken packages
>
> # apt-get install fetchmail
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>  fetchmail:            Depends: libc.so.6
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.3)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3.3)
>                        Depends: libcom_err.so.2
>                        Depends: libcrypt.so.1
>                        Depends: libcrypto.so.4
>                        Depends: libdes425.so.3
>                        Depends: libdl.so.2
>                        Depends: libgssapi_krb5.so.2
>                        Depends: libhesiod.so.0
>                        Depends: libk5crypto.so.3
>                        Depends: libkrb4.so.2
>                        Depends: libkrb5.so.3
>                        Depends: libresolv.so.2
>                        Depends: libresolv.so.2(GLIBC_2.0)
>                        Depends: libresolv.so.2(GLIBC_2.2)
>                        Depends: libssl.so.4
> E: Broken packages
>
> # apt-get install flac
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>  flac:                 Depends: libFLAC++4 (= 1.1.1-7.rhfc3.at) but it 
> is not going to be installed
>                        Depends: libFLAC.so.6
>                        Depends: libFLAC6 (= 1.1.1-7.rhfc3.at) but it is 
> not going to be installed
>                        Depends: libOggFLAC++0 (= 1.1.1-7.rhfc3.at) but 
> it is not going to be installed
>                        Depends: libOggFLAC.so.1
>                        Depends: libOggFLAC1 (= 1.1.1-7.rhfc3.at) but it 
> is not going to be installed
>                        Depends: libc.so.6
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3)
>                        Depends: libm.so.6
>                        Depends: libm.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
>                        Depends: libogg.so.0
> E: Broken packages
>
> # apt-get install freeglut
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>  freeglut:             Depends: libGL.so.1
>                        Depends: libGLU.so.1
>                        Depends: libX11.so.6
>                        Depends: libXext.so.6
>                        Depends: libXxf86vm.so.1
>                        Depends: libc.so.6
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.3)
>                        Depends: libm.so.6
>                        Depends: libm.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
> E: Broken packages
>
> # apt-get install glib2
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>  glib2:                Depends: libglib-2.0_0 (= 2.6.0-1_10.rhfc3.at) 
> but it is not going to be installed
>                        Depends: libgmodule-2.0_0 (= 
> 2.6.0-1_10.rhfc3.at) but it is not going to be installed
>                        Depends: libgobject-2.0_0 (= 
> 2.6.0-1_10.rhfc3.at) but it is not going to be installed
>                        Depends: libgthread-2.0_0 (= 
> 2.6.0-1_10.rhfc3.at) but it is not going to be installed
> E: Broken packages
>
> # apt-get install glib2-devel
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>  glib2-devel:          Depends: libc.so.6
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1)
>                        Depends: libglib-2.0.so.0
>                        Depends: libglib-2.0_0 (= 2.6.0-1_10.rhfc3.at) 
> but it is not going to be installed
>                        Depends: libgmodule-2.0_0 (= 
> 2.6.0-1_10.rhfc3.at) but it is not going to be installed
>                        Depends: libgobject-2.0.so.0
>                        Depends: libgobject-2.0_0 (= 
> 2.6.0-1_10.rhfc3.at) but it is not going to be installed
>                        Depends: libgthread-2.0_0 (= 
> 2.6.0-1_10.rhfc3.at) but it is not going to be installed
> E: Broken packages
>
> # apt-get install gnupg
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>  gnupg:                Depends: libbz2.so.1
>                        Depends: libc.so.6
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.3)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3.3)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3.4)
>                        Depends: libdl.so.2
>                        Depends: libdl.so.2(GLIBC_2.0)
>                        Depends: libdl.so.2(GLIBC_2.1)
>                        Depends: libresolv.so.2
>                        Depends: libresolv.so.2(GLIBC_2.0)
>                        Depends: libresolv.so.2(GLIBC_2.2)
>                        Depends: libusb-0.1.so.4
>                        Depends: libz.so.1
> E: Broken packages
>
> # apt-get install howl
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>  howl:                 Depends: libc.so.6
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1)
>                        Depends: libhowl-0.9.6_1 (= 0.9.6-6_4.rhfc3.at) 
> but it is not going to be installed
>                        Depends: libmDNSResponder-0.9.6_0 (= 
> 0.9.6-6_4.rhfc3.at) but it is not going to be installed
>                        Depends: libpthread.so.0
>                        Depends: libpthread.so.0(GLIBC_2.0)
>                        Depends: libpthread.so.0(GLIBC_2.1)
>                        Obsoletes: howl-libs (<= 0.9.6-6_4.rhfc3.at)
> E: Broken packages
>
> # apt-get install lftp
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>  lftp:                 Depends: libc.so.6
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.3)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2.3)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3.4)
>                        Depends: libcrypto.so.4
>                        Depends: libdl.so.2
>                        Depends: libdl.so.2(GLIBC_2.0)
>                        Depends: libdl.so.2(GLIBC_2.1)
>                        Depends: libgcc_s.so.1
>                        Depends: libgcc_s.so.1(GCC_3.0)
>                        Depends: libgcc_s.so.1(GCC_3.3)
>                        Depends: libncurses.so.5
>                        Depends: libreadline.so.4
>                        Depends: libresolv.so.2
>                        Depends: libresolv.so.2(GLIBC_2.0)
>                        Depends: libresolv.so.2(GLIBC_2.2)
>                        Depends: libssl.so.4
>                        Depends: libutil.so.1
>                        Depends: libutil.so.1(GLIBC_2.0)
> E: Broken packages
>
> # apt-get install libacl
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>  libacl:               Depends: libattr.so.1
>                        Depends: libattr.so.1(ATTR_1.0)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.3)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3)
> E: Broken packages
>
> # apt-get install libgcrypt
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> The following packages will be upgraded
>  libgcrypt
> The following packages will be REMOVED:
>  NetworkManager alchemist desktop-printing firefox firstboot gdm
>  gnome-python2 gnome-python2-bonobo gnome-python2-canvas
>  gnome-python2-gtkhtml2 hal-cups-utils kdbg kdeaddons kdeartwork kdebase
>  kdebase-devel kdegraphics kdegraphics-devel kdelibs kdelibs-devel
>  kdemultimedia kdenetwork kdenetwork-devel kdepim kdepim-devel kdesdk
>  kdesdk-devel kdeutils kdeutils-devel kdevelop kdewebdev krb5-auth-dialog
>  libbonoboui libgnome libgnomeui libxslt libxslt-devel rhn-applet
>  scrollkeeper system-config-network system-config-packages
>  system-config-printer system-config-printer-gui up2date-gnome xmlsec1
>  xmlsec1-openssl
> 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 46 removed and 45 not upgraded.
> Need to get 62.7kB of archives.
> After unpacking 488MB disk space will be freed.
> Do you want to continue? [Y/n] no
> Abort.
>
> # apt-get install libgpg-error
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>  libgpg-error:         Depends: libc.so.6
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.3)
> E: Broken packages
>
> # apt-get install libraw1394
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>  libraw1394:           Depends: libc.so.6
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
>                        Depends: libraw1394.so.8
> E: Broken packages
>
> # apt-get install libselinux
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>  libselinux:           Depends: libc.so.6
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.3)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3.4)
> E: Broken packages
>
> # apt-get install libselinux-devel
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>  libselinux-devel:     Depends: libselinux (= 1.19.3) but 1.19.1-8 is 
> to be installed
> E: Broken packages
>
> # apt-get install libxml2
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>  libxml2:              Depends: libc.so.6
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2)
>                        Depends: libm.so.6
>                        Depends: libpthread.so.0
>                        Depends: libpthread.so.0(GLIBC_2.0)
>                        Depends: libpthread.so.0(GLIBC_2.2)
>                        Depends: libxml2.so.2
>                        Depends: libxml2_2 (= 2.6.16-5_17.rhfc3.at) but 
> it is not going to be installed
>                        Depends: libz.so.1
> E: Broken packages
>
> # apt-get install libxml2-devel
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>  libxml2-devel:        Depends: libc.so.6
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.3)
>                        Depends: libm.so.6
>                        Depends: libpthread.so.0
>                        Depends: libxml2.so.2
>                        Depends: libxml2_2 (= 2.6.16-5_17.rhfc3.at) but 
> it is not going to be installed
>                        Depends: libz.so.1
> E: Broken packages
>
> # apt-get install libxml2-python
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>  libxml2-python:       Depends: /usr/lib/python2.3
>                        Depends: libc.so.6
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.3)
>                        Depends: libxml2.so.2
> E: Broken packages
>
> # apt-get install libxslt
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>  libxslt:              Depends: libc.so.6
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
>                        Depends: libexslt.so.0
>                        Depends: libm.so.6
>                        Depends: libpthread.so.0
>                        Depends: libxml2.so.2
>                        Depends: libxslt.so.1
>                        Depends: libxslt1 (= 1.1.12) but it is not going 
> to be installed
>                        Depends: libz.so.1
> E: Broken packages
>
> # apt-get install libxslt-devel
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>  libxslt-devel:        Depends: libxslt1 (= 1.1.12) but it is not going 
> to be installed
> E: Broken packages
>
> # apt-get install lm_sensors
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>  lm_sensors:           Depends: libc.so.6
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.3)
>                        Depends: libm.so.6
>                        Depends: libm.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
> E: Broken packages
>
> # apt-get install module-init-tools
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>  module-init-tools:    Depends: libc.so.6
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.1)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2.3)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3)
> E: Broken packages
>
> # apt-get install mutt
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>  mutt:                 Depends: libc.so.6
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3.3)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3.4)
>                        Depends: libcom_err.so.2
>                        Depends: libcrypto.so.4
>                        Depends: libgssapi_krb5.so.2
>                        Depends: libk5crypto.so.3
>                        Depends: libkrb5.so.3
>                        Depends: libm.so.6
>                        Depends: libncursesw.so.5
>                        Depends: libresolv.so.2
>                        Depends: libsasl.so.7
>                        Depends: libslang-utf8.so.1
>                        Depends: libssl.so.4
> E: Broken packages
>
> # apt-get install openjade
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>  openjade:             Depends: libc.so.6
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.3)
>                        Depends: libgcc_s.so.1
>                        Depends: libgcc_s.so.1(GCC_3.0)
>                        Depends: libm.so.6
>                        Depends: libm.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
>                        Depends: libnsl.so.1
>                        Depends: libosp.so.4
>                        Depends: libpthread.so.0
>                        Depends: libpthread.so.0(GLIBC_2.0)
>                        Depends: libstdc++.so.6
>                        Depends: libstdc++.so.6(CXXABI_1.3)
>                        Depends: libstdc++.so.6(GLIBCXX_3.4)
> E: Broken packages
>
> # apt-get install perl-HTML-Parser
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>  perl-HTML-Parser:     Depends: libc.so.6
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.3)
> E: Broken packages
>
> # apt-get install perl-XML-LibXML
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>  perl-XML-LibXML:      Depends: libc.so.6
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.3)
>                        Depends: libm.so.6
>                        Depends: libpthread.so.0
>                        Depends: libpthread.so.0(GLIBC_2.0)
>                        Depends: libxml2.so.2
>                        Depends: libz.so.1
> E: Broken packages
>
> # apt-get install perl-XML-Parser
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>  perl-XML-Parser:      Depends: libc.so.6
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.3)
>                        Depends: libexpat.so.0
> E: Broken packages
>
> # apt-get install pkgconfig
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>  pkgconfig:            Depends: libc.so.6
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.2)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.3)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3)
> E: Broken packages
>
> # apt-get install popt
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>  popt:                 Depends: libc.so.6
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.3)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3)
> E: Broken packages
>
> # apt-get install pyxf86config
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>  pyxf86config:         Depends: libc.so.6
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.3)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3)
>                        Depends: libdl.so.2
>                        Depends: libglib-2.0.so.0
>                        Depends: libgmodule-2.0.so.0
>                        Depends: libgobject-2.0.so.0
> E: Broken packages
>
> # apt-get install tcl
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>  tcl:                  Depends: libc.so.6
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.3)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3)
>                        Depends: libdl.so.2
>                        Depends: libdl.so.2(GLIBC_2.0)
>                        Depends: libdl.so.2(GLIBC_2.1)
>                        Depends: libm.so.6
>                        Depends: libm.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
> E: Broken packages
>
> # apt-get install zlib
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>  zlib:                 Depends: libc.so.6
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1)
>                        Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.3)
> E: Broken packages
>
> # apt-get install zlib-devel
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>  zlib-devel:           Depends: zlib (= 1.2.2.2) but 1.2.1.2-1 is to be 
> installed
> E: Broken packages
>
> Here is a list of the dependancies from the above output:
>
> acl:                  Depends: libacl.so.1
> acl:                  Depends: libattr.so.1
> acl:                  Depends on: libc.so.6
> alsa-lib:             Depends on: libasound2
> alsa-lib:             Depends on: libasound.so.2
> alsa-lib:             Depends on: libc.so.6
> alsa-lib:             Depends on: libdl.so.2
> alsa-lib:             Depends on: libm.so.6
> alsa-lib:             Depends on: libpthread.so.0
> alsa-lib-devel:       Depends on: alsa-lib
> beecrypt:             Depends on: libc.so.6
> beecrypt:             Depends on: libpthread.so.0
> beecrypt:             Depends on: librt.so.1
> diffstat:             Depends on: libc.so.6
> fetchmail:            Depends on: libcom_err.so.2
> fetchmail:            Depends on: libcrypto.so.4
> fetchmail:            Depends on: libcrypt.so.1
> fetchmail:            Depends on: libc.so.6
> fetchmail:            Depends on: libdes425.so.3
> fetchmail:            Depends on: libdl.so.2
> fetchmail:            Depends on: libgssapi_krb5.so.2
> fetchmail:            Depends on: libhesiod.so.0
> fetchmail:            Depends on: libk5crypto.so.3
> fetchmail:            Depends on: libkrb4.so.2
> fetchmail:            Depends on: libkrb5.so.3
> fetchmail:            Depends on: libresolv.so.2
> fetchmail:            Depends on: libssl.so.4
> flac:                 Depends on: libc.so.6
> flac:                 Depends on: libFLAC++4
> flac:                 Depends on: libFLAC6
> flac:                 Depends on: libFLAC.so.6
> flac:                 Depends on: libm.so.6
> flac:                 Depends on: libOggFLAC++0
> flac:                 Depends on: libOggFLAC1
> flac:                 Depends on: libOggFLAC.so.1
> flac:                 Depends on: libogg.so.0
> freeglut:             Depends on: libc.so.6
> freeglut:             Depends on: libGL.so.1
> freeglut:             Depends on: libGLU.so.1
> freeglut:             Depends on: libm.so.6
> freeglut:             Depends on: libX11.so.6
> freeglut:             Depends on: libXext.so.6
> freeglut:             Depends on: libXxf86vm.so.1
> glib2:                Depends on: libglib-2.0_0
> glib2:                Depends on: libgmodule-2.0_0
> glib2:                Depends on: libgobject-2.0_0
> glib2:                Depends on: libgthread-2.0_0
> glib2-devel:          Depends on: libc.so.6
> glib2-devel:          Depends on: libglib-2.0_0
> glib2-devel:          Depends on: libglib-2.0.so.0
> glib2-devel:          Depends on: libgmodule-2.0_0
> glib2-devel:          Depends on: libgobject-2.0_0
> glib2-devel:          Depends on: libgobject-2.0.so.0
> glib2-devel:          Depends on: libgthread-2.0_0
> gnupg:                Depends on: libbz2.so.1
> gnupg:                Depends on: libc.so.6
> gnupg:                Depends on: libdl.so.2
> gnupg:                Depends on: libresolv.so.2
> gnupg:                Depends on: libusb-0.1.so.4
> gnupg:                Depends on: libz.so.1
> howl:                 Depends on: libc.so.6
> howl:                 Depends on: libhowl-0.9.6_1
> howl:                 Depends on: libmDNSResponder-0.9.6_0
> howl:                 Depends on: libpthread.so.0
> lftp:                 Depends on: libcrypto.so.4
> lftp:                 Depends on: libc.so.6
> lftp:                 Depends on: libdl.so.2
> lftp:                 Depends on: libgcc_s.so.1
> lftp:                 Depends on: libncurses.so.5
> lftp:                 Depends on: libreadline.so.4
> lftp:                 Depends on: libresolv.so.2
> lftp:                 Depends on: libssl.so.4
> lftp:                 Depends on: libutil.so.1
> libacl:               Depends on: libattr.so.1
> libacl:               Depends on: libc.so.6
> libgpg-error:         Depends on: libc.so.6
> libraw1394:           Depends on: libc.so.6
> libraw1394:           Depends on: libraw1394.so.8
> libselinux:           Depends on: libc.so.6
> libselinux-devel:     Depends on: libselinux
> libxml2:              Depends on: libc.so.6
> libxml2:              Depends on: libm.so.6
> libxml2:              Depends on: libpthread.so.0
> libxml2:              Depends on: libxml2_2
> libxml2:              Depends on: libxml2.so.2
> libxml2:              Depends on: libz.so.1
> libxml2-devel:        Depends on: libc.so.6
> libxml2-devel:        Depends on: libm.so.6
> libxml2-devel:        Depends on: libpthread.so.0
> libxml2-devel:        Depends on: libxml2_2
> libxml2-devel:        Depends on: libxml2.so.2
> libxml2-devel:        Depends on: libz.so.1
> libxml2-python:       Depends on: libc.so.6
> libxml2-python:       Depends on: libxml2.so.2
> libxml2-python:       Depends on: /usr/lib/python2.3
> libxslt:              Depends on: libc.so.6
> libxslt:              Depends on: libexslt.so.0
> libxslt:              Depends on: libm.so.6
> libxslt:              Depends on: libpthread.so.0
> libxslt:              Depends on: libxml2.so.2
> libxslt:              Depends on: libxslt1
> libxslt:              Depends on: libxslt.so.1
> libxslt:              Depends on: libz.so.1
> libxslt-devel:        Depends on: libxslt1
> lm_sensors:           Depends on: libc.so.6
> lm_sensors:           Depends on: libm.so.6
> module-init-tools:    Depends on: libc.so.6
> mutt:                 Depends on: libcom_err.so.2
> mutt:                 Depends on: libcrypto.so.4
> mutt:                 Depends on: libc.so.6
> mutt:                 Depends on: libgssapi_krb5.so.2
> mutt:                 Depends on: libk5crypto.so.3
> mutt:                 Depends on: libkrb5.so.3
> mutt:                 Depends on: libm.so.6
> mutt:                 Depends on: libncursesw.so.5
> mutt:                 Depends on: libresolv.so.2
> mutt:                 Depends on: libsasl.so.7
> mutt:                 Depends on: libslang-utf8.so.1
> mutt:                 Depends on: libssl.so.4
> openjade:             Depends on: libc.so.6
> openjade:             Depends on: libgcc_s.so.1
> openjade:             Depends on: libm.so.6
> openjade:             Depends on: libnsl.so.1
> openjade:             Depends on: libosp.so.4
> openjade:             Depends on: libpthread.so.0
> openjade:             Depends on: libstdc++.so.6
> perl-HTML-Parser:     Depends on: libc.so.6
> perl-XML-LibXML:      Depends on: libc.so.6
> perl-XML-LibXML:      Depends on: libm.so.6
> perl-XML-LibXML:      Depends on: libpthread.so.0
> perl-XML-LibXML:      Depends on: libxml2.so.2
> perl-XML-LibXML:      Depends on: libz.so.1
> perl-XML-Parser:      Depends on: libc.so.6
> perl-XML-Parser:      Depends on: libexpat.so.0
> pkgconfig:            Depends on: libc.so.6
> popt:                 Depends on: libc.so.6
> pyxf86config:         Depends on: libc.so.6
> pyxf86config:         Depends on: libdl.so.2
> pyxf86config:         Depends on: libglib-2.0.so.0
> pyxf86config:         Depends on: libgmodule-2.0.so.0
> pyxf86config:         Depends on: libgobject-2.0.so.0
> tcl:                  Depends on: libc.so.6
> tcl:                  Depends on: libdl.so.2
> tcl:                  Depends on: libm.so.6
> zlib:                 Depends on: libc.so.6
> zlib-devel:           Depends on: zlib

[Carl Reynolds]

Axel,

As you stated in your last e-mail in this thread that probably apt 
wouldn't work for the set up I'm trying to do because it has i386, i686, 
and x86_64 architecture packages, I decided to re-install Fedora and 
start over using up2date.

Since the installation instructions you have at 
http://atrpms.net/install.html do not tell how to use up2date, I thought 
I would write a small instruction set on that

up2date is actually a python wrapper that uses yum or apt to manage 
packages. To add the atprms repository to the up2date set up, edit 
/etc/sysconfig/rhn/sources and add one of the following lines
    yum atrpms-stable http://apt.atrpms.net/fedora/3/en/$ARCH/at-stable
    apt atrpms-stable http:apt.atrpms.net/ fedora/3/en/$ARCH/at-stable 
ATrpms

Since up2date can use either apt or yum, choose one of the above. The 
yum or apt at the start of the line tells up2date which one to use. This 
is followed by the channel name. This is the name you will use to 
identify the repository to up2date and can be whatever you choose. I 
chose atrpms-stable. Next the yum line contains the URL to reach the 
repository. The apt line has two fields separated by a space. The first 
field is the domain name of the repository and the second is the path to 
get to the repository. Finally on the apt line is the name of the 
repository. I didn't know what this is supposed to be so I made it 
ATrpms. As an apt user, you might have a better idea what to make this 
field.

Once you have made this change to the source file, up2date is ready to 
start updating and downloading files from the new repository.

up2date -u
finished with 88 unresolved dependency chains. I was able to reduce this 
down to about 50 by updating each package individually. Most of the 
problems were with python(abi), glibc and libxml2. I was getting a 
message 'conflict between attempted installs of glibc-2.3.4-2.fc3 and 
glibc-2.3.4-2.fc3'

I finally took the fedora.redhat repositories out of up2dates sources 
files and added http://apt.sw.be/fedora/3/en/$ARCH/dag/. This got rid of 
the conflicts.

Next
    up2date -u pythonabi
got rid of the errors about requiring python(abi) = 2.3

up2date -u
installed everything except rpm which
    required nptl-devel.

up2date could not find nptl-devel on either atrpms or dag so I went to 
rpmfind.net and located  a copy at 
http://rpmfind.net/linux/fedora/core/3/x86_64/os/Fedora/RPMS/nptl-devel-2.3.....

I downloaded this file and ran
    rpm -i ./nptl-devel-2.3.3-74.x86_64.rpm

after that loaded, I was able to update rpm.

Next I restored the fedora.redhat.com repositories to 
/etc/sysconfig/rhn/sources and once again ran
    up2date -u

this updated
    NetworkManager
    at
    bind-libs
    bind-utils
    glibc
    glibc-common
    glibc-devel
    glibc-header
    mysql
    nptl-devel

Having only just started to use up2date, I'm not any kind of an expert, 
but I wonder if there isn't a conflict between some of the packages on 
your site and on fedora.redhat.com.Also it seems to me that there are 
some packages on you site and the dag site that are missing, behind or 
out of date like nptl-devel, and glibc.

I hope this will help.

Thank you very much for the help you gave me both through this mailing 
list and through the information on your web site in solving this problem.

Carl.