Can't install samba in 10.04.1 fresh install

Bug #629236 reported by Bolche
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samba (Ubuntu)
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Low
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: samba

I did a fresh install of Ubuntu 10.04.1 today on my girlfriend's computer and after installing everything she needed I tried to share a folder in the network. When it asked to install samba, a error ocurred mentioning a broken package.
Trying to install the samba package via synaptic I saw what appears to be the error.
The samba package I was trying to install was version 2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3.
It has as dependency samba-common and samba-common-bin =2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3.
But I have samba-common and samba-common-bin already installed in version 2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3.1.
I if choose to downgrade samba-common and samba-common-bin to version 2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3, Synaptic says I need to uninstall smbclient, ubuntu-desktop and winbind (which I am not going to...)

So I cannot install samba only because the version of the samba package is off by 1 digit. Updating the samba package or it's dependenies should solve it.

Please don't let me down. Everybody at her house was impressed with Ubuntu, until this bug showed up...

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Dustin Kirkland  (kirkland) wrote :

You should be installing samba version 2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3.1. All components of the samba package should be at that level.

Please try:
 $ sudo apt-get update
 $ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
 $ sudo apt-get install samba

Changed in samba (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
importance: Undecided → Low
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Bolche (companheiro-vermelho) wrote :

Tried that several times and didn't work.
But I found out what the bug was. I had disabled the lucid-updates repository since I was only interested in security updates. Once I re-enabled the repository, samba installed without issues.
I guess it can be marked resolved. Thanks for you patience.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for samba (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in samba (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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