Tnx for all the great responses. I think in the long run (maybe over winter break?) I will move to a pure Debian/unstable environment. I used Knoppix as a jumping point into Debian and wasn't planning on using it permanently. ~Deepak On Dec 16 2003, at 22:25, Deepak Saxena was caught saying: > > I still have not mastered this whole apt-get process and am trying to > figure out what to do at this point. I'm running knoppix 3.2 with > a customized sources file (attached) and trying to install mplayer > and I get the following. The problem seems pretty simple...I need > to update to newer versions of the libraries. The question is, > how do I do this, and how do I do it in such a way that it does > not break any other app that depends on these libraries? > > Tnx, > ~Deepak > > omelas:/home/dsaxena# apt-get install mplayer-k7 > 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: > > Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies: > mplayer-k7: Depends: libasound2 (> 0.9.8) but 0.9.3-2 is to be > installed > Depends: libogg0 (>= 1.1.0) but 1.0.0-1 is to be installed > Depends: zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.1) but 1:1.1.4-16 is to be > installed > E: Sorry, broken packages > omelas:/home/dsaxena# apt-get install libasound2 > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > Sorry, libasound2 is already the newest version. > 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 756 not > upgraded. > omelas:/home/dsaxena# apt-get install libogg0 > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > Sorry, libogg0 is already the newest version. > 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 756 not > upgraded. > omelas:/home/dsaxena# apt-get install zlib1g > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > Sorry, zlib1g is already the newest version. > 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 756 not > upgraded. > omelas:/home/dsaxena# > > > > -- > Deepak Saxena - dsaxena@plexity.net > > # See sources.list(5) for more information, especialy > # Remember that you can only use http, ftp or file URIs > # CDROMs are managed through the apt-cdrom tool. > > # > # xmission mirror (Utah, fast) > # > deb http://mirrors.xmission.com/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free > deb-src http://mirrors.xmission.com/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free > > deb http://mirrors.xmission.com/debian/ testing main contrib non-free > deb-src http://mirrors.xmission.com/debian/ testing main contrib non-free > > # > # Debian US > # > deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free > deb http://non-us.debian.org/ unstable/non-US main contrib non-free > > deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free > deb http://non-us.debian.org/ testing/non-US main contrib non-free > > # > # Mplayer > # > deb http://marillat.free.fr/ unstable main > # > # VLC > # > deb ftp://ftp.videolan.org/pub/videolan/debian i386/ > # > # Source > # > deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free > deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/ unstable/non-US main contrib non-free > #deb-src http://marillat.free.fr/ unstable main > # > # Security > # > deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free > deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free > > # Experimental > # deb http://debian.uni-essen.de/debian ../project/experimental main contrib non-free > # deb-src http://debian.uni-essen.de/debian ../project/experimental main contrib non-free > > # Mozilla > deb http://non-us.debian.org/~kitame/mozilla ./ > deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/~kitame/mozilla ./ > > # GNOME 2.0 > # deb http://www.gnome.de/debian/ ./ > > # KDE 3 > # deb http://ktown.kde.org/~nolden/kde stable main > # deb-src http://ktown.kde.org/~nolden/kde stable main > # We get packages from testing/unstable for now > > # cdbakeoven > # deb http://coyote.asoc.euitt.upm.es/mud/debian/ ./ > > # XFree 4.2/4.3 > deb http://people.debian.org/~branden/packages sid/i386/ > deb-src http://people.debian.org/~branden/packages sid/source/ > deb http://www.penguinppc.org/~daniels/sid/i386 ./ > deb-src http://www.penguinppc.org/~daniels/sid/source ./ > > # Java > deb ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/languages/java/linux/debian woody main non-free > deb-src ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/languages/java/linux/debian woody main non-free > deb ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/languages/java/linux/debian unstable main non-free > deb-src ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/languages/java/linux/debian unstable main non-free > # deb http://people.debian.org/~sgybas/jdk13 > > # LyX & others (now in debian/unstable) > # deb ftp://ntama.uni-mainz.de/pub/debian unofficial/ > # deb-src ftp://ntama.uni-mainz.de/pub/debian unofficial/ > > # Evolution > #deb ftp://ftp.ximian.com/pub/debian stable main > #deb-src ftp://ftp.ximian.com/pub/debian stable main > > # Blades Repository (pppoeconf & co) > deb http://people.debian.org/~blade/testing ./ > deb-src http://people.debian.org/~blade/testing ./ > > # DRI > deb http://people.debian.org/~daenzer/dri-trunk-sid/ ./ > > > # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 r3 _Potato_ - Official i386 Binary-1 (20010427)]/ unstable contrib main non-US/contrib non-US/main -- Deepak Saxena - dsaxena@plexity.net