[gutsy] gnome-dbg cannot be installed because of virtual dependencies

[Jerry Chong]

Binary package hint: gnome-dbg

Trying to install the gnome-dbg metapackage via aptitude produces this error message:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  gnome-dbg: Depends: libtotem-plparser1-dbg which is a virtual package.
             Depends: epiphany-browser-dbg which is a virtual package.

Resolving dependencies...
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:

Keep the following packages at their current version:
gnome-dbg [Not Installed]

[Martin Olsson (mnemo)]

I just got this on a fresh install of Gutsy Tribe 5:

mnemo@gutsyT5:~/Desktop/eog/eog/trunk$ sudo apt-get install gnome-dbg
[sudo] password for mnemo:
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.

Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  gnome-dbg: Depends: libtotem-plparser1-dbg but it is not installable
             Depends: epiphany-browser-dbg but it is not installable
E: Broken packages
mnemo@gutsyT5:~/Desktop/eog/eog/trunk$

[George Prowse (torqueing)]

This is still a problem, there are libtotem-plparser-dev and epiphany-browser-dev packages but not the -dbg ones it requests.

[Albert Damen (albrt)]

This has been solved in Gutsy final:

meta-gnome2 (1:2.18.3ubuntu2) gutsy; urgency=low

  * debian/control.in: removed libtotem-plparser1-dbg and epiphany-browser-dbg
    dependencies, they are not in gutsy anymore. (LP: #145543)

 -- dAniel hAhler <email address hidden> Fri, 12 Oct 2007 17:28:35 +0200