help a n00b solve package dependencies, etc.
 

Hello. I just got my n800 through the mail the other day. I need some help. I'm using the latest 2007OS firmware (the july skype update). Here are my problems:

1. The package manager sucks. Maybe I'm spoiled with apt-get, but it won't seem to want to resolve dependencies for me. I can't install some programs, like pidgin, because it needs many dependencies.

I added the maemo repository to my list
I changed most catalogs from "bora" to chinook"
I'm in red pill mode
I've try to manually download the dependecies.

Such as libc6. I have libc6 installed. Many apps still say they can't be installed because they need libc6. If I update libc6, it says it can't be updated, because one of it's dependencies is itself! (libc6). Surely a package can't depend on itself to update?

Also, many things can't be updated because of the problem noted above. It also wants libglib (which I installed), libdbus (which I installed), and other things. Another problem is, libc6 says it conflicts with a lot of other packages. When I try to uninstall the packages libc6 conflicts with, it won't let me, because other packages depend on it. This is quite a messCan someone please help me with this? I even tried installing xterminal, and doing

sudo -s
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade

But I don't know the sudo password, or root's password. I figured tha t if the n800's craptastic package manager can't handle it, maybe apt-get can.


Cliffnotes: Can I get either:
sudo password
root password
more repositories with the packages I'm missing (I already have the maemo and maemo hackers repositories in my catalog)

Thanks in advance.

EDIT: I should probably add I'm a linux newbie, and don't know anything about bash, ssh, etc. If your steps to help me include ssh, please go into further detail. I run Ubuntu on my pc (from Edgy to Gutsy) and windows XP, so I'm not too good with computers.

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why did you change from bora? Are you still using OS2007 right?

Re: help a n00b solve package dependencies, etc.
 

Both really bad ideas.

http://www.gronmayer.com/it/

The repositories for OS2007 are the ones you want.

Re: help a n00b solve package dependencies, etc.
 

Sorry. I thought os2007 was chinook. I guess os2008 is chinook?


However, I only changed to chinook as a last resort. Even with bora selected, the package manager still wouldn't resolve my dependencies.

Also, can someone please give me a root password?

Thanks again.

Re: help a n00b solve package dependencies, etc.
 

Install an app called "becomeroot". After that, to get root just type "sudo gainroot" in Terminal.

You can search for becomeroot here:
http://www.gronmayer.com/it/

Re: help a n00b solve package dependencies, etc.
 

Thanks for all the help. I added a lot of the repositories and changed everythung back to bora. I need one more thing. Now pidgin wants libgnutls to be installed. Any help? Will apt-get install libgnutls work?

Re: help a n00b solve package dependencies, etc.
 

Do a search for libgnutls at http://www.gronmayer.com/it/ and add one of the repositories that contain it. That should fix the dependency when you install pidgin.

Re: help a n00b solve package dependencies, etc.
 

As the General said, and technut said twice already, use that link, and only that link. Don't mess around with manually adding repositories or worse, if you're a newbie. Most of the time it's not worth doing even if you're not a newbie too..

Re: help a n00b solve package dependencies, etc.
 

Thanks for the usefull info above. The repository site really helps.

However the http://downloads.maemo.org/product/OS2007/pidgin/ site ditdn't work for me. It takes too much effort to find every lib or gnutls (acronyms or what?) Too much hobby stuff as far as I am concerned. But that of course is a complaint to be lodged to the maemo site, not to you.

Thanks again, Abel.