[H-GEN] Debian install newbie

[Michael Anthon]

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David Duffy wrote:
> 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
> E: Sorry, broken packages

Wow... don't see that too often in stable.  I find the best approach 
when I get similar messages is to try and install the dependencies 
manually first (apt-get is supposed to do it for you but sometimes seems 
to get a bit confused).  So, try 'apt-get install apache-common' and 
'apt-get install perl' and see what happens.  You can also find out what 
is currently installed using 'dpkg -l' (or for anything with apache in 
it using 'dpkg -l \*apache\*').

Cheers,
Michael


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