[H-GEN] Debian install newbie

[David Duffy]

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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

Sandra Milne wrote:
> 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 lists may be out of date (although they shouldn't be).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.

I've just noticed that there is a line in /etc/apt/sources.list that
mentions "unstable"! What's that all about? Should I just throw the
apc CD's in the bin and get stable iso's to start off fresh with?
A couple of web sites I've found warn of problems with mixing stable
and unstable versions. Is this perhaps what's going wrong here?
David...
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