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What do i need to do to fix Thanks Edit forgot to say i am running testing Code: jeff@debian:~$ su Password: debian:/home/jeff# apt-get install synaptic Reading package lists... Done Building ...
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    synaptic unmet dependencies.....FIXED



    What do i need to do to fix
    Thanks
    Edit forgot to say i am running testing
    Code:
    jeff@debian:~$ su
    Password:
    debian:/home/jeff# apt-get install synaptic
    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:
      synaptic: Depends: libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3
    E: Broken packages
    debian:/home/jeff#

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    try
    Code:
     apt-get update
    first.... synaptic was broken, it should be fixed now
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    Quote Originally Posted by Vergil83
    try
    Code:
     apt-get update
    first.... synaptic was broken, it should be fixed now
    i did that still same thing i will try late maybe it will be fixed some tiime soon
    Thanks

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    Fixed changed my sources list to unstable
    Code:
     apt-get update
    Code:
    apt-get install synaptic
    then changed my sources list back to testing

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