[plug] apt install

[Andrew Howell]

On Fri, Mar 19, 1999 at 11:52:57AM +0800, Shackleton, Kevin wrote:
> When trying to install apt, which I picked up from
> 
> ftp://ftp.uwa.edu.au/mirrors/linux/debian/dists/slink/main/binary-i386/admin
> 
> (eventually - it's running really slowly) I ran into this problem:
> 
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of apt:
>  apt depends on libc6 (>= 2.0.7u); however:
>   Version of libc6 on system is 2.0.7t-1.
>  apt depends on libstdc++2.9; however:
>   Package libstdc++2.9 is not installed.
> 
> I could not find this package in libs, so had a go downloading
> libg++2_8_2_2_91_60-5.deb with this result:
> 
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libg++2.8.2:
>  libg++2.8.2 depends on libstdc++2.9 (>= 2.91.60); however:
>   Package libstdc++2.9 is not installed.
>  libg++2.8.2 depends on libstdc++2.9 (<< 2.91.61); however:
>   Package libstdc++2.9 is not installed.
> 
> Can anyone decode this issue?

Install the hamm version of apt

should be in debian/dists/slink/main/upgrade-2.0-i386/ on any decent Debian
mirror.

Andrew

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