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Denis	2011-01-19 , 14:24
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...but apt-get install pymaemo-optify says its already the latest version...

have tried all the usual tricks (forcing and dpkg --configure -a) but can't get my n900 to update.

if anyone has come across this problem or knows how to fix it that'd be great.
logs below.

apt-get update &&
apt-get dist-upgrade -f

HTML Code:

Calculating upgrade... Failed
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  python2.5-minimal: Depends: pymaemo-optify but it is not going to be installed
E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.

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/home/user # apt-get install pymaemo-optify -f
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
pymaemo-optify is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 32 not upgraded.

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/home/user # apt-get install python2.5-minimal  
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
python2.5-minimal is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 32 not upgraded.

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/home/user # apt-get install -f
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 32 not upgraded.

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Denis	2011-01-24 , 00:55
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bump.
problem still persists...

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michaaa62	2011-01-24 , 07:38
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Did you try apt-get update instead of dist-upgrade? Which of the repositories do you have enabled?

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	Dark_Angel85	2011-01-31 , 03:30
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i have the same problem... don't know how to resolve it

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Rob1n	2011-01-31 , 09:47
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Originally Posted by Dark_Angel85

i have the same problem... don't know how to resolve it

Simple - don't do dist-upgrade. The repositories are not 100% consistent (some packages do not have all the required dependencies available) so a dist-upgrade will not work.

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Denis	2011-02-16 , 01:14
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not using dist-upgrade would defeat the purpose of using a linux-based phone, there's a lot of apps that don't show up in the default app manager.

after some digging I've come across this article:
http://bit.ly/evi9bO
I followed the steps and...

I wouldn't recomend uninstalling pymaemo-optify as the article suggests as it will uninstall any applications that depend on python.

I also found that a lot of core apps wanted to uninstall when I tried to do a dist-upgrade after installing the newer pymaemo-optify (ie pulseaudio, hildon-theme, libqt etc, etc, to the tune of 496 packages on my device)

so, it looks like the only way to resolve the issue is to backup your settings and flash your n900.

edit: oh, and after installing a single python app (mediabox in this case) i'm back to square one with dist-upgrade complaining about python2.5-minimal. will flash the damn thing when I get home.

Last edited by Denis; 2011-02-16 at 01:51.

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michaaa62	2011-02-16 , 06:56
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Originally Posted by Denis

not using dist-upgrade would defeat the purpose of using a linux-based phone, there's a lot of apps that don't show up in the default app manager.

after some digging I've come across this article:
http://bit.ly/evi9bO
I followed the steps and...

I wouldn't recomend uninstalling pymaemo-optify as the article suggests as it will uninstall any applications that depend on python.

I also found that a lot of core apps wanted to uninstall when I tried to do a dist-upgrade after installing the newer pymaemo-optify (ie pulseaudio, hildon-theme, libqt etc, etc, to the tune of 496 packages on my device)

so, it looks like the only way to resolve the issue is to backup your settings and flash your n900.

edit: oh, and after installing a single python app (mediabox in this case) i'm back to square one with dist-upgrade complaining about python2.5-minimal. will flash the damn thing when I get home.

Do you now finally get it, that dist-uprade might break your system.

The Dist-Upgrade is only for the distribution version[maemo5 is the distribution] upgrade of your os, like from maemo5 to maemo6, which we will never see.

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Rob1n	2011-02-16 , 09:06
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Originally Posted by Denis

not using dist-upgrade would defeat the purpose of using a linux-based phone, there's a lot of apps that don't show up in the default app manager.

Then you use "apt-get upgrade". Yes, there's some packages that get held back and you have to install manually (via apt-get install) but that's because they require installing new packages or uninstalling existing ones, both cases where I prefer to see exactly what the implications are anyway.