ubuntu intrepid 8.10 alpha 6 - unable to install miro - conflict between libgdl-1-0 and libgdl-gnome-1-0

[Jason L. Froebe]

Binary package hint: miro

problem: libgdl-gnome-1-0: Depends: libgdl-1-common (= 0.7.11-1) but 2.24.0-0ubuntu1 is installed. Looks like the libgdl-gnome-1-0 dependencies are either messed up or need to be updated.

attempt using apt-get install miro

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  miro: Depends: python-gnome2-extras (>= 2.19.1) but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages

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attempt using aptitude install miro:

$ sudo aptitude install miro
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
The following packages are BROKEN:
  libgdl-gnome-1-0
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libboost-date-time1.34.1{a} libboost-filesystem1.34.1{a} libboost-python1.34.1{a} libboost-thread1.34.1{a} miro miro-data{a} python-gnome2-extras{a}
0 packages upgraded, 8 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/3738kB of archives. After unpacking 14.4MB will be used.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  libgdl-gnome-1-0: Depends: libgdl-1-common (= 0.7.11-1) but 2.24.0-0ubuntu1 is installed.
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:

Keep the following packages at their current version:
libgdl-gnome-1-0 [Not Installed]
miro [Not Installed]
python-gnome2-extras [Not Installed]

Score is -9863

Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] q
Abandoning all efforts to resolve these dependencies.
Abort.

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attempt to install python-gnome2-extra

jason@jfroebe-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install python-gnome2-extras
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:
  python-gnome2-extras: Depends: libgdl-gnome-1-0 but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages

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attempt to install libgdl-gnome-1-0:

jason@jfroebe-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install libgdl-gnome-1-0
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:
  libgdl-gnome-1-0: Depends: libgdl-1-common (= 0.7.11-1) but 2.24.0-1 is to be installed
E: Broken packages

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attempt to install libgdl-1-common:

jason@jfroebe-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install libgdl-1-common=0.7.11-1
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Version '0.7.11-1' for 'libgdl-1-common' was not found

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jason@jfroebe-laptop:~$ aptitude search libgdl
i A libgdl-1-0 - GNOME DevTool libraries
p libgdl-1-0-dbg - GNOME DevTool libraries - debug files
i libgdl-1-common - GNOME DevTool libraries - common files
i libgdl-1-dev - GNOME DevTool libraries - development files
v libgdl-dev -
c libgdl-gnome-1-0 - GNOME DevTool libraries (GNOME)
p libgdl-gnome-1-0-dbg - GNOME DevTool libraries (GNOME)- debug files

jason@jfroebe-laptop:~$ aptitude show libgdl-1-0
Package: libgdl-1-0
State: installed
Automatically installed: yes
Version: 2.24.0-1
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Maintainer: Ubuntu Core Developers <email address hidden>
Uncompressed Size: 242k
Depends: libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.20.0), libc6 (>= 2.2), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.4.0), libfreetype6 (>= 2.3.5), libglade2-0 (>= 1:2.6.1),
         libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.16.0), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.14.1), libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.21.6), libpixman-1-0, libpng12-0 (>= 1.2.13-4), libx11-6,
         libxcb-render-util0, libxcb-render0, libxcb1, libxml2 (>= 2.6.27), libxrender1, zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), libgdl-1-common (= 2.24.0-1)
Description: GNOME DevTool libraries
 Provides a support library for development tools from the GNOME environment. Including symbol browser, dock and editor components.