[Ubuntu-BD] Installing Pidgin 2.6.3 showing broken package

[Junayeed Ahnaf Nirjhor]

On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:56:24 +0700, Saad M Niamatullah  
<saadmniamatullah at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 12:54 PM, Junayeed Ahnaf Nirjhor
> <zombiegenerator at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am a getdeb.net fan. I generally don't wanna compile things which I  
>> can
>> get there precompiled. A week ago I downloaded pidgin's latest version
>> 2.6.3 from there. There was instruction to remove the package pidgin
>> before installing this new package. But I accidentally removed the whole
>> pidgin. Now the problem I am facing is:
>>
>> **I've gathered (libpurple0_2.6.3-1~getdeb1_i386.deb
>> pidgin-data_2.6.3-1~getdeb1_all.deb
>> libpurple-bin_2.6.3-1~getdeb1_all.deb  pidgin-facebookchat-1.60.deb
>> pidgin_2.6.3-1~getdeb1_i386.deb) files in a folder
>>
>> **When ever I applied the command "sudo dpkg -i *.deb" in the folder  
>> it's
>> showing:
>>
>> nirjhor at nirjhor-laptop ~/Pidgin $ sudo dpkg -i *.deb
>> (Reading database ... 149136 files and directories currently installed.)
>> Preparing to replace libpurple0 1:2.6.3-1~getdeb1 (using
>> libpurple0_2.6.3-1~getdeb1_i386.deb) ...
>> Unpacking replacement libpurple0 ...
>> Preparing to replace libpurple-bin 1:2.6.3-1~getdeb1 (using
>> libpurple-bin_2.6.3-1~getdeb1_all.deb) ...
>> Unpacking replacement libpurple-bin ...
>> Selecting previously deselected package pidgin.
>> Unpacking pidgin (from pidgin_2.6.3-1~getdeb1_i386.deb) ...
>> Preparing to replace pidgin-data 1:2.5.5-1ubuntu8.4 (using
>> pidgin-data_2.6.3-1~getdeb1_all.deb) ...
>> Unpacking replacement pidgin-data ...
>> dpkg-deb (subprocess): short read in buffer_copy (failed to write to  
>> pipe
>> in copy)
>> dpkg-deb: subprocess paste returned error exit status 2
>> dpkg: error processing pidgin-data_2.6.3-1~getdeb1_all.deb (--install):
>>  short read in buffer_copy (backend dpkg-deb during
>> `./usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo')
>> Preparing to replace pidgin-facebookchat 1.60 (using
>> pidgin-facebookchat-1.60.deb) ...
>> Unpacking replacement pidgin-facebookchat ...
>> Setting up libpurple0 (1:2.6.3-1~getdeb1) ...
>>
>> Setting up libpurple-bin (1:2.6.3-1~getdeb1) ...
>> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of pidgin:
>>  pidgin depends on pidgin-data (>= 1:2.6.3); however:
>>   Version of pidgin-data on system is 1:2.5.5-1ubuntu8.4.
>> dpkg: error processing pidgin (--install):
>>  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
>> Processing triggers for man-db ...
>> Setting up pidgin-facebookchat (1.60) ...
>> Processing triggers for menu ...
>> Processing triggers for libc6 ...
>> ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
>> Errors were encountered while processing:
>>  pidgin-data_2.6.3-1~getdeb1_all.deb
>>  pidgin
>>
>>
>> **I tried to apply "sudo apt-get -f install" but that removes the
>> application Pidgin.
>>
>> What should I do?
>>
>>
>>
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>
> 1) Just install the latest pidgin from Synaptic/Add-Remove/apt-get.
> This will give you the original pidgin, hopefully.

I generally do that but repo includes older version even before 2.6.*  
series. So that's not an option.

> 2) Stop depending on outside sources for your software needs. These
> are made by amateurs and may mess up your system. If you really need
> some new software, compile it inside your home directory and run from
> there. So if you want the newest pidgin, download from their home
> page, and use the option --prefix=/home/<your username>, while using
> the ./configure command.

Thanks for the info. I need a list of dependency though.
>


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