php5-gd failed to install due to unmet dependencies

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Could you post your /etc/apt/sources.list file? Did you try to install the php5-gd package by hand using the version provided in feisty?

5.2.1-0ubuntu1.6 refers the php version in feisty-updates while 5.2.3-1ubuntu6.4 refers to the version in gutsy-updates.

Thank you for taking time to look at the bug.

I am attaching my /etc/apt/sources.list file herewith.

I attempted to install php5-common=5.2.1-0ubuntu1.6. I got a response that
some packages will be removed, some will be downgraded and some packages
will be changed. Being new to LAMP, I was not sure whether I could
reinstall the removed, downgraded packages. So, I aborted the installation.
My command and response are as below:

root@cmk-ossd-bhatdv:/home/bhatdv/Desktop# apt-get install
php5-common=5.2.1-0ubuntu1.6

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  libapache2-mod-php5 php5 php5-mysql
The following held packages will be changed:
  php5-common
The following packages will be DOWNGRADED:
  php5-common
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 downgraded, 3 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
Need to get 224kB of archives.
After unpacking 5988kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? n
Abort.

Regards.

Datta
(D V Bhat)

On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 7:51 AM, Mathias Gug <email address hidden> wrote:

> Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
> Ubuntu better. Could you post your /etc/apt/sources.list file? Did you
> try to install the php5-gd package by hand using the version provided in
> feisty?
>
> 5.2.1-0ubuntu1.6 refers the php version in feisty-updates while
> 5.2.3-1ubuntu6.4 refers to the version in gutsy-updates.
>
> ** Changed in: php5 (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
> --
> php5-gd failed to install due to unmet dependencies
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/273888
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in "php5" source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: php5
>
> When I tried to install php5-gd with command
> apt-get install php5-gd
>
> I get following response -
>
> 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:
> php5-gd: Depends: php5-common (= 5.2.1-0ubuntu1.6) but 5.2.3-1ubuntu6.4 is
> to be installed
> E: Broken packages
>
> Details of my machine and OS are as below-
> OS: GNU/Linux Ubuntu 7.10 - the Gutsy Gibbon
> php5 installed version:5.2.3-lubuntu6.4
> machine: i686
>

On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 04:23:34AM -0000, bhatdv wrote:
> Thank you for taking time to look at the bug.
>
> I am attaching my /etc/apt/sources.list file herewith.

Why are all the entries set to feisty (7.04) while you're running gutsy
(7.10)?

> I attempted to install php5-common=5.2.1-0ubuntu1.6. I got a response that
> some packages will be removed, some will be downgraded and some packages
> will be changed. Being new to LAMP, I was not sure whether I could

Why are you trying to install php5-common=5.2.1-0ubuntu1.6? This is not
a version that is supported on gutsy (7.10) since it's a version that is
built for feisty (7.04).

--
Mathias Gug
Ubuntu Developer http://www.ubuntu.com

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