Does it say why? Anything interesting in the application manager's log?
# dpkg -i libxml-parser-perl_2.34-4osso1_armel.deb Selecting previously deselected package libxml-parser-perl. (Reading database ... 32667 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking libxml-parser-perl (from libxml-parser-perl_2.34-4osso1_armel.deb) ... dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libxml-parser-perl: libxml-parser-perl depends on liburi-perl; however: Package liburi-perl is not installed. libxml-parser-perl depends on libwww-perl; however: Package libwww-perl is not installed. dpkg: error processing libxml-parser-perl (--install): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: libxml-parser-perl # apt-get install liburi-perl libwww-perl 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: libwww-perl: Depends: libhtml-parser-perl (>= 3.56) but it is not going to be installed Depends: libhtml-tree-perl (>= 3.23) but it is not going to be installed Depends: libhtml-tagset-perl (>= 3.20) but it is not going to be installed E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution). # apt-get install liburi-perl libwww-perl libhtml-parser-perl libhtml-tree-perl libhtml-tagset-perl Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Suggested packages: libio-socket-ssl-perl Recommended packages: libmailtools-perl libhtml-format-perl libcompress-zlib-perl The following NEW packages will be installed: libhtml-parser-perl libhtml-tagset-perl libhtml-tree-perl liburi-perl libwww-perl 0 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 24 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 787kB of archives. After this operation, 2331kB of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://repository.maemo.org fremantle-1.3/free liburi-perl 1.35.dfsg.1-1maemo2 [86,4kB] Get:2 http://repository.maemo.org fremantle-1.3/free libhtml-tagset-perl 3.20-2maemo2 [13,7kB] Get:3 http://repository.maemo.org fremantle-1.3/free libhtml-parser-perl 3.56-11maemo6 [107kB] Get:4 http://repository.maemo.org fremantle-1.3/free libhtml-tree-perl 3.23-1maemo5.1 [209kB] Get:5 http://repository.maemo.org fremantle-1.3/free libwww-perl 5.813-1maemo3 [371kB] Fetched 787kB in 1s (494kB/s) Selecting previously deselected package liburi-perl. (Reading database ... 32724 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking liburi-perl (from .../liburi-perl_1.35.dfsg.1-1maemo2_all.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package libhtml-tagset-perl. Unpacking libhtml-tagset-perl (from .../libhtml-tagset-perl_3.20-2maemo2_all.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package libhtml-parser-perl. Unpacking libhtml-parser-perl (from .../libhtml-parser-perl_3.56-11maemo6_armel.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package libhtml-tree-perl. Unpacking libhtml-tree-perl (from .../libhtml-tree-perl_3.23-1maemo5.1_all.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package libwww-perl. Unpacking libwww-perl (from .../libwww-perl_5.813-1maemo3_all.deb) ... Setting up liburi-perl (1.35.dfsg.1-1maemo2) ... Setting up libhtml-tagset-perl (3.20-2maemo2) ... Setting up libhtml-parser-perl (3.56-11maemo6) ... Setting up libhtml-tree-perl (3.23-1maemo5.1) ... Setting up libwww-perl (5.813-1maemo3) ... Setting up libxml-parser-perl (2.34-4osso1) ... # dpkg -i libxml-parser-perl_2.34-4osso1_armel.deb (Reading database ... 32979 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace libxml-parser-perl 2.34-4osso1 (using libxml-parser-perl_2.34-4osso1_armel.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libxml-parser-perl ... Setting up libxml-parser-perl (2.34-4osso1) ... # apt-get install libxml-perl Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: libxml-perl ... 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 24 not upgraded. Need to get 117kB of archives. After this operation, 426kB of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://repository.maemo.org fremantle-1.3/free libxml-perl 0.08-1maemo1 [117kB] Fetched 117kB in 0s (248kB/s) Selecting previously deselected package libxml-perl. (Reading database ... 32979 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking libxml-perl (from .../libxml-perl_0.08-1maemo1_all.deb) ... Setting up libxml-perl (0.08-1maemo1) ...