How to find out "unmet dependencies"

[Ed Fletcher]

Thomas Kaiser wrote:
> Hello All
> 
> I try to install "build-essential" and get the following error:
> 
> live at media1:~$ sudo apt-get install build-essential
> 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:
>   build-essential: Depends: g++ (>= 4:4.0) but it is not going to be
> installed
> E: Broken packages
> live at media1:~$
> 
> How can I find out WHY g++ will not be installd? Or To which package
> does the "unmet dependencies" reference?

Have you tried 'sudo apt-get install g++-4.0'?
Then redo 'sudo apt-get install build-essential'.

Ed
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