[ubuntu-in] Not able to install gcc on ubuntu 5.10

[shirish]

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> Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 04:26:51 +0400
> From: "Pramod A" <pramod.atre at gmail.com>
> Subject: [ubuntu-in] Not able to install gcc on ubuntu 5.10
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> HI,
> I have installed ubuntu 5.10 on my desktop. I did this because, i was not
> able to install 6.06 or 7.04 since i used to get stuck in between the
> installation. Is there any way to directly install the 6.06 or 7.04 versions
> of ubuntu ( without actually running them as live CDs )?
> I tried to update ubuntu 5.10 from a CD. Could not do this.
> I got this error message when i tried to install gcc:
>
> $ sudo apt-get install gcc
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree... 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:
>   gcc: Depends: cpp (>= 4:4.0.3-1) but 4:4.0.1-3 is to be installed
>        Depends: gcc-4.0 (>= 4.0.3) but it is not going to be installed
>
> How can i resolve this issue?
> Please help me out in this regard.
>
> Thank u,
> Pramod.


Hi Pramod,
     There is an alternate-cd which you can download & then install. I
have used the alternate install CD & have never run into problems with
either i386 or AMD-64 architectures. I haven't tried ppc so know
nothing about that. Other than that, it has been a cool thing
happening :)
-- 
          Shirish Agarwal
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