CCSM on Debian Lenny

oz · 09-27-2009

Have you tried following the steps for installing as outlined in the Debian wiki?

Compiz - Debian Wiki

**nujinini** · 09-27-2009

Originally Posted by ozar

Have you tried following the steps for installing as outlined in the Debian wiki?

Compiz - Debian Wiki

Hi Ozar,

I ran it and here is my output. I notice it says quite a lot of "but it is not going to be installed". I wonder why.

Thanks

Code:

jun@debian:~$ su
Password:
debian:/home/jun# apt-get install compiz-kde compizconfig-settings-manager compiz-fusion-plugins-main
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  adobe-flashplugin: Depends: libnspr4-dev but it is not going to be installed
                     Depends: libnss3-dev but it is not going to be installed
  compiz-kde: Depends: compiz-core (= 0.7.6-7) but it is not going to be installed
              Depends: libdecoration0 (>= 0.7.6) but it is not going to be installed
  compizconfig-settings-manager: Depends: python-compizconfig but it is not going to be installed
                                 Depends: python-gtk2 but it is not going to be installed
                                 Recommends: python-sexy but it is not going to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
debian:/home/jun# apt-get install compiz-gtk compizconfig-settings-manager
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  adobe-flashplugin: Depends: libnspr4-dev but it is not going to be installed
                     Depends: libnss3-dev but it is not going to be installed
  compiz-gtk: Depends: compiz-core (= 0.7.6-7) but it is not going to be installed
              Depends: libdecoration0 (>= 0.7.6) but it is not going to be installed
              Depends: libgconf2-4 (>= 2.13.5) but it is not going to be installed
              Depends: libmetacity0 (>= 1:2.22.0) but it is not going to be installed
              Depends: libwnck22 (>= 2.22.0) but it is not going to be installed
              Depends: gconf2 (>= 2.10.1-2) but it is not going to be installed
  compizconfig-settings-manager: Depends: python-compizconfig but it is not going to be installed
                                 Depends: python-gtk2 but it is not going to be installed
                                 Recommends: python-sexy but it is not going to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
debian:/home/jun#

**coopstah13** · 09-27-2009

you should run apt-get update command first, this should clear up those issues, another possibility is your sources.lst file is messed up, can you post it? the file is /etc/apt/sources.lst

**nujinini** · 09-28-2009

Originally Posted by coopstah13

you should run apt-get update command first, this should clear up those issues, another possibility is your sources.lst file is messed up, can you post it? the file is /etc/apt/sources.lst

Hi Coopstah13,

Here are my outputs:

Code:

0628-15:49] lenny Release.gpg
Ign cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 5.0.2 _Lenny_ - Official i386 kde-CD Binary-1 20090628-15:49] lenny/main Translation-en_US
Ign cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 5.0.2 _Lenny_ - Official i386 kde-CD Binary-1 20090628-15:49] lenny Release
Ign cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 5.0.2 _Lenny_ - Official i386 kde-CD Binary-1 20090628-15:49] lenny/main Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://debian.lcs.mit.edu lenny Release.gpg
Ign http://debian.lcs.mit.edu lenny/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://debian.lcs.mit.edu lenny Release
Ign http://debian.lcs.mit.edu lenny/main Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://debian.lcs.mit.edu lenny/main Sources/DiffIndex
Hit http://debian.lcs.mit.edu lenny/main Packages
Hit http://debian.lcs.mit.edu lenny/main Sources
Hit http://volatile.debian.org lenny/volatile Release.gpg
Ign http://volatile.debian.org lenny/volatile/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://volatile.debian.org lenny/volatile Release
Ign http://volatile.debian.org lenny/volatile/main Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://volatile.debian.org lenny/volatile/main Sources/DiffIndex
Hit http://volatile.debian.org lenny/volatile/main Packages
Hit http://volatile.debian.org lenny/volatile/main Sources
Hit http://security.debian.org lenny/updates Release.gpg
Ign http://security.debian.org lenny/updates/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://security.debian.org lenny/updates Release
Ign http://security.debian.org lenny/updates/main Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://security.debian.org lenny/updates/main Sources/DiffIndex
Hit http://security.debian.org lenny/updates/main Packages
Hit http://security.debian.org lenny/updates/main Sources
Reading package lists... Done

debian:~# cat /etc/apt/sources.lst
cat: /etc/apt/sources.lst: No such file or directory
debian:~#

**reed9** · 09-28-2009

It's /etc/apt/sources.list not sources.lst.

**nujinini** · 09-28-2009

Originally Posted by reed9

It's /etc/apt/sources.list not sources.lst.

Oooohhhh....

Thanks, here it is:

Code:

jun@debian:~$ su
Password:
debian:/home/jun# cat /etc/apt/sources.list
#
# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 5.0.2 _Lenny_ - Official i386 kde-CD Binary-1 20090628-15:49]/ lenny main

deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 5.0.2 _Lenny_ - Official i386 kde-CD Binary-1 20090628-15:49]/ lenny main

deb http://debian.lcs.mit.edu/debian/ lenny main
deb-src http://debian.lcs.mit.edu/debian/ lenny main

deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main

deb http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main
deb-src http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main

debian:/home/jun#

**reed9** · 09-28-2009

All the compiz packages are in the main section, I believe, so I don't think that is the trouble. But you might want to enable contrib and non-free. We went through how to do that before in a previous post of yours.

Try this

Code:

su -
apt-get install libxcb1 compizconfig-settings-manager

I tested install compiz on an Antix box (Antix is based on Debian) and ran into a similar dependency problem. For me, excplicity installing libxcb1 was required to replace a deprecated version of the library and was the key to getting the rest installed.

If that doesn't work, I would just keep going backwards trying to install the missing packages until you get a more useful error or successful install.

So for example with this line

compiz-gtk: Depends: compiz-core (= 0.7.6-7) but it is not going to be installed

the next step would be to

Code:

apt-get install compiz-core

And if compiz-core fails and lists a missing dependency, move to trying that package, and so on.

**nujinini** · 09-28-2009

Originally Posted by reed9

All the compiz packages are in the main section, I believe, so I don't think that is the trouble. But you might want to enable contrib and non-free. We went through how to do that before in a previous post of yours.

Try this

Code:

su -
apt-get install libxcb1 compizconfig-settings-manager

I tested install compiz on an Antix box (Antix is based on Debian) and ran into a similar dependency problem. For me, excplicity installing libxcb1 was required to replace a deprecated version of the library and was the key to getting the rest installed.

If that doesn't work, I would just keep going backwards trying to install the missing packages until you get a more useful error or successful install.

So for example with this line
the next step would be to

Code:

apt-get install compiz-core

And if compiz-core fails and lists a missing dependency, move to trying that package, and so on.

Code:

 GNU nano 2.0.7          File: /etc/apt/sources.list                 Modified

#
# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 5.0.2 _Lenny_ - Official i386 kde-CD Binary-1 200$

deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 5.0.2 _Lenny_ - Official i386 kde-CD Binary-1 20090$

deb http://debian.lcs.mit.edu/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free
deb-src http://debian.lcs.mit.edu/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free

deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main

deb http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main
deb-src http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main



^G Get Help  ^O WriteOut  ^R Read File ^Y Prev Page ^K Cut Text  ^C Cur Pos
^X Exit      ^J Justify   ^W Where Is  ^V Next Page ^U UnCut Text^T To Spell

Saved

Will get back in a while.

**nujinini** · 09-28-2009

Hi reed9,

This is what I got so far:

Code:

jun@debian:~$ su -
Password:
debian:~# nano /etc/apt/sources.list
debian:~# apt-get install libxcb1 compizconfig-settings-manager
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
libxcb1 is already the newest version.
libxcb1 set to manually installed.
You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  adobe-flashplugin: Depends: libnspr4-dev but it is not going to be installed
                     Depends: libnss3-dev but it is not going to be installed
  compizconfig-settings-manager: Depends: python-compizconfig but it is not going to be installed
                                 Depends: python-gtk2 but it is not going to be installed
                                 Recommends: python-sexy but it is not going to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

debian:~# apt-get install python-compizconfig
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  adobe-flashplugin: Depends: libnspr4-dev but it is not going to be installed
                     Depends: libnss3-dev but it is not going to be installed
  python-compizconfig: Depends: libcompizconfig0 but it is not going to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
debian:~# apt-get install python-compizconfig0
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package python-compizconfig0

debian:~# apt-get install python-gtk2
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  adobe-flashplugin: Depends: libnspr4-dev but it is not going to be installed
                     Depends: libnss3-dev but it is not going to be installed
  python-gtk2: Depends: python-cairo (>= 1.0.2-1.1) but it is not going to be installed
               Depends: python-gobject (>= 2.14.0) but it is not going to be installed
               Depends: python-numeric (>= 24.2-3) but it is not going to be installed
               Depends: python2.4-cairo
               Depends: python2.4-gobject
               Depends: python2.4-numeric
               Depends: python2.5-cairo
               Depends: python2.5-gobject
               Depends: python2.5-numeric
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

debian:~# apt-get install python-sexy
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  adobe-flashplugin: Depends: libnspr4-dev but it is not going to be installed
                     Depends: libnss3-dev but it is not going to be installed
  python-sexy: Depends: libsexy2 (>= 0.1.8) but it is not going to be installed
               Depends: python-gtk2 (>= 2.6.2) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
debian:~#

May I confirm if you are at peace for me to try to "apt-get install" one by one all those I marked in red because they seem to be a lot and I might get "lost in the woods"

I would be willing to give it a try though. Just seeking confirmation.

I was thinking maybe there might be one command that would load all these?

**reed9** · 09-28-2009

Yeah, no need to post the output of every attempt. The issue seemed to be, when I tried it, that some older library is not being automatically replaced, and it's required. I don't use Debian and deb based systems much anymore, and I'm not sure if there is some easy trick to use.

By the way, you missed trying libcompizconfig0, instead doing python-compizconfig0

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