dearesther fails to install

[Martin Vysny]

Good day,
  can you please help me with the installation problem? I bought the game through the Ubuntu Software Center, but the game rejects to install:

$ sudo apt-get install dearesther
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... 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.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 dearesther : Depends: python:all (>= 2.7) but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

Can you please help me with resolving the issue? I installed the missing apt-xapian-index package, but the installation problem persists.
Thank you,
Kind regards,
Martin

I cannot attach the payment report as the payment is still in progress:
1e95f6d9cff400923c61484415319c0a 07/12/2013 7:39 a.m. Ubuntu Software Center Purchase of software 'Dear Esther'. 9.99 USD In progress

[Martin Vysny (vyzivus)]

The payment receipt:

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Amount: 9.99 USD

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[Dave Morley (davmor2)]

Bunch of questions for you.

1. Can you run dpkg -l | grep python2.7 and paste that output to this bug.
2. Can you run sudo apt-get install python:all and paste that output to this bug.
3. If sudo apt-get install python:all says it can't install because it depends on x please try and install x and give us that feedback too.

Many Thanks

[Martin Vysny (vyzivus)]

Sure, thanks!

$ dpkg -l|grep python2.7
ii libpython2.7:i386 2.7.4-2ubuntu3 i386 Shared Python runtime library (version 2.7)
ii libpython2.7-minimal:i386 2.7.4-2ubuntu3 i386 Minimal subset of the Python language (version 2.7)
ii libpython2.7-stdlib:i386 2.7.4-2ubuntu3 i386 Interactive high-level object-oriented language (version 2.7)
ii python2.7 2.7.4-2ubuntu3 i386 Interactive high-level object-oriented language (version 2.7)
ii python2.7-minimal 2.7.4-2ubuntu3 i386 Minimal subset of the Python language (version 2.7)

$ sudo apt-get install python:all
[sudo] password for vyzivus:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
python is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

$ apt-cache showpkg python:all|less
Package: python
Versions:
2.7.4-0ubuntu1 (/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_raring_main_binary-i386_Packages) (/var/lib/dpkg/status)
 Description Language:
                 File: /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_raring_main_binary-i386_Packages
                  MD5: d1ea97f755d8153fe116080f2352859b
 Description Language: en
                 File: /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_raring_main_i18n_Translation-en
                  MD5: d1ea97f755d8153fe116080f2352859b

Reverse Depends:
  nova-xvpvncproxy,python
 etc etc, 2000+ lines omitted.

[Martin Vysny (vyzivus)]

Dave, please, can you confirm that you have all the information necessary to fix the bug? Or can I help you? I would like to play the game :)

[Dave Morley (davmor2)]

Martin Sorry for the delay.

This seems to install fine for me on precise, quantal and raring. I can't understand why it isn't for you. I'll pass this onto the team to have a look at and also support. It might be that one of them can see something obvious.

[Martin Vysny (vyzivus)]

Thank you for your time. It's weird - dearesther rejects to install on all three of my computers. I tried to install it via aptitude and got a different error message - perhaps the message might be more helpful.

$ sudo aptitude install dearesther
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  dearesther{b}
0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 1,082 MB of archives. After unpacking 1,639 MB will be used.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 dearesther : Depends: python:all (>= 2.7) which is a virtual package.
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:

     Keep the following packages at their current version:
1) dearesther [Not Installed]

Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] Y
No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed.
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 0 B will be used.

[Luke Wood (lukedw)]

hi same issue effecting me,

$ apt-get install dearesther
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... 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.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies.
 dearesther : Depends: python:all (>= 2.7) but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

$ dpkg -l|grep python2.7
ii libpython2.7:i386 2.7.4-2ubuntu3 i386 Shared Python runtime library (version 2.7)
ii libpython2.7-minimal:i386 2.7.4-2ubuntu3 i386 Minimal subset of the Python language (version 2.7)
ii libpython2.7-stdlib:i386 2.7.4-2ubuntu3 i386 Interactive high-level object-oriented language (version 2.7)
ii python2.7 2.7.4-2ubuntu3 i386 Interactive high-level object-oriented language (version 2.7)
ii python2.7-minimal 2.7.4-2ubuntu3 i386 Minimal subset of the Python language (version 2.7)

$ apt-get install python:all
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
python is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

$ uname -a
Linux netty 3.8.0-27-generic #40-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jul 9 00:19:35 UTC 2013 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux

So, i have python 2.7.4-0ubuntu1 installed but the python:all 2.7 virtual package isn't linking to it... Im guessing some hacking of the deb to remove the dep would fix it :D but as im here i thought i'd report the issue, oh and im on raring

[Martin Vysny (vyzivus)]

python:all depends on python2.7 (2 2.7.4-1~) but I have 2.7.4-2ubuntu3
installed - perhaps this is the broken link?

On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 12:08 AM, Luke Wood <email address hidden> wrote:

> hi same issue effecting me,
>
> $ apt-get install dearesther
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... 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.
> The following information may help to resolve the situation:
>
> The following packages have unmet dependencies.
> dearesther : Depends: python:all (>= 2.7) but it is not installable
> E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
>
>
> $ dpkg -l|grep python2.7
> ii libpython2.7:i386 2.7.4-2ubuntu3
> i386 Shared Python runtime library (version 2.7)
> ii libpython2.7-minimal:i386 2.7.4-2ubuntu3
> i386 Minimal subset of the Python language (version 2.7)
> ii libpython2.7-stdlib:i386 2.7.4-2ubuntu3
> i386 Interactive high-level object-oriented language
> (version 2.7)
> ii python2.7 2.7.4-2ubuntu3
> i386 Interactive high-level object-oriented language
> (version 2.7)
> ii python2.7-minimal 2.7.4-2ubuntu3
> i386 Minimal subset of the Python language (version 2.7)
>
>
> $ apt-get install python:all
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> python is already the newest version.
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
>
> $ uname -a
> Linux netty 3.8.0-27-generic #40-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jul 9 00:19:35 UTC 2013
> i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux
>
>
> So, i have python 2.7.4-0ubuntu1 installed but the python:all 2.7 virtual
> package isn't linking to it... Im guessing some hacking of the deb to
> remove the dep would fix it :D but as im here i thought i'd report the
> issue, oh and im on raring
>
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