[H-GEN] Debian install newbie

[Sandra Milne]

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David Duffy wrote:

> This is what I get when trying "apt-get install apache":
> 
> Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies:
>   apache: Depends: apache-common (>= 1.3.26-0) but it is not going to be 
> installed
>           Depends: apache-common (< 1.3.27-0) but it is not going to be 
> installed
>           Depends: perl5 or
>                    perl but it is not going to be installed
> 

This is infinitely more helpful than the previous post. Firstly I'd try 
to install apache-common. Then I'd do an "apt-cache search perl5" and 
see what the actual package is called. A search on my debian b0x 
suggests libperl5.6 or libperl5.6-dev might be a place to start....

If you're using online deb sources, try "apt-get update". Your package 
lists may be out of date (although they shouldn't be). I have no 
problems trying to install apache on my system. It comes up and tells me 
it can install both of them from the cd. Have you removed the cd as a 
deb source? I only do that when moving to a new release (say, 3.0r2). 
The online stable release is generally the same packages if you're using 
the latest cds.

Sandra.
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