[Newbies] Install issue with Ubuntu 7.10

[Andrey Larionov]

Packages for squeak in ubuntu repos is very outdate. Try to install
from tar archives from squeak site.

On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 11:22,  <coverify at yahoo.com> wrote:
> On a clean edubuntu 7.10 install, I am unable to install squeak.
>
> 1. Download deb file from web site but could not install  it.
> -----Output-----------
> sudo dpkg --install squeakland_3.8-6u_all.deb
> Selecting previously deselected package squeakland.
> (Reading database ... 141909 files and directories currently installed.)
> Unpacking squeakland (from squeakland_3.8-6u_all.deb) ...
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of squeakland:
>  squeakland depends on squeak-vm; however:
>  Package squeak-vm is not installed.
> dpkg: error processing squeakland (--install):
>  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  squeakland
>
> 2. Tried apt-get
> ---------Output----------------
> sudo apt-get install squeak
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these:
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>  squeak: Depends: squeak-vm but it is not installable
>          Depends: squeak-sources (> 3-1) but it is not going to be installed
>  squeakland: Depends: squeak-vm but it is not installable
> E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
>
> Tried to install the squeak-vm
> sudo apt-get install squeak-vm
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> Package squeak-vm is not available, but is referred to by another package.
> This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
> is only available from another source
> E: Package squeak-vm has no installation candidate
>
> Please advice what I can do.
> -sanjeev
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