Apt-get :: Problem installing perl with apt

I'm an apt newbie, but a moderately experianced linux user.

I installed DSL from the ibiblio mirrior using the DSL single floppy/web install method. I assume this means that I have a pretty recent copy.

I'm trying to install the perl package so that I can install apache and oddmuse wiki. When I use apt-get install perl, I get the error message

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
perl: depends perl-base (=5.6.1-8.7) but 5.8.0-18 is to be installed
E: broken packages

Does this mean perl wants an older (5.6.1-8.7) version of perl-base to be installed? Or does it mean that the perl-base is 5.6.1-8.7, but perl 5.8.0-18 was going to be installed?

Attempting to uninstall perl-base provokes a long and threatening warning message that includes a mention of perl-base taking LILO with it when it goes. Needless to say, that would be suboptimal.

If anyone can offer a pointer on how to tackle this, I'd appreciate it.

Did you try using " apt-get install perl perl-base " ??

It looks like perl thinks it will break, having a perl of 5.8.0 and a
perl-base of 5.6.1.. This command should fill apt dependency needs.

Are you using the "unstable" apt repository in your sources.list?
If not, try that too, as it may well upgrade both when you run
" apt-get install perl "

And since DSL is not "pure" debian, don't be surprised if you
see these types of errors when installing apache and your wiki ..

73
ke4nt

I'm also trying to get apache installed, I did not have any luck with the apt-get install perl per-base suggestion above... any other ideas?

Thanks in advance.

Try this:

apt-get -testing install perl-base

It gives me:

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root@box:/home/dsl# apt-get -testing install perl
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
libdb4.2 libgdbm3 perl-modules
Suggested packages:
libterm-readline-perl-perl
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libdb4.2 libgdbm3 perl perl-modules
0 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 147 not upgraded.
Need to get 5829kB of archives.
After unpacking 23.3MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
Get:1 http://ftp.us.debian.org testing/main libdb4.2 4.2.52-17 [388kB]
Get:2 http://ftp.us.debian.org testing/main libgdbm3 1.8.3-2 [21.3kB]
Get:3 http://ftp.us.debian.org testing/main perl-modules 5.8.4-3 [2182kB]
Get:4 http://ftp.us.debian.org testing/main perl 5.8.4-3 [3238kB]
Fetched 5829kB in 1m31s (63.9kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package libdb4.2.
(Reading database ... 10808 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libdb4.2 (from .../libdb4.2_4.2.52-17_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libgdbm3.
Unpacking libgdbm3 (from .../libgdbm3_1.8.3-2_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package perl-modules.
Unpacking perl-modules (from .../perl-modules_5.8.4-3_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package perl.
Unpacking perl (from .../archives/perl_5.8.4-3_i386.deb) ...
Setting up libdb4.2 (4.2.52-17) ...
Setting up libgdbm3 (1.8.3-2) ...
Setting up perl-modules (5.8.4-3) ...
Setting up perl (5.8.4-3) ...

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I have the same problem.

The lickety-slick DSL v1.0

I try apt-get-ting r-base r-base-core and r-recommended, and it tells me
r-base-core: Depends: perl but it is not going to be installed
I add perl, and it tells me :
Depends: perl-base (= 5.6.1-8.7) but 5.8.0-18 is to be installed perl to the list

And the suggestions above don't seem to change this situation...

Help! I can't begin to describe how cool it'll be to stroll around at work doing my analyses on as powerful machine I need, while my colleagues are stuck with their WimxP 'workstations'...

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