broken depends on vmware-server

[Rob Caskey]

Binary package hint: app-install-data-commercial

vmware-server is uninstallable because it depends on vmware-server-kernel-modules but restricted modules provides only vmware-server-kernel-modules-2.6.20-15

[C de-Avillez (hggdh2)]

I am not sure I follow you. At least on Feisty, vmware-server is installable, and has no broken dependencies (I just installed it).

Can you please provide mode details & Ubuntu version?

[Rob Caskey (rcaskey)]

ahh, did some digging, requires both universe and multiverse to be included. is it possible we could move the meta package to the same repo that actually has the restricted kernel module in question? Also, it depends on an older version of libssl that is in universe, could that be duplicated in commercial possibly?

[C de-Avillez (hggdh2)]

Rob, what Ubuntu version are you using, and what packages are involved? I cannot find any VMWare packages in restricted modules.

[Rob Caskey (rcaskey)]

post mortem: various depends are satisfied, but only if you enable universe AND multiverse

[C de-Avillez (hggdh2)]

We are closing this bug report as it lacks the information, described in the previous comments, we need to investigate the problem further. However, please reopen it if you can give us the missing information and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future.

[John Dickinson (einarin)]

I had the same problem with vmware player, fixed by enabling multiverse. An out of date vmware-player-kernel-modules (and presumably also vmware-server-kernel-modules) exists in universe, causing the confusion from broken dependencies.