What's the best venue of getting some assistance? (Addendum)

[Peter Garrett]

On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 09:42:22 -0600
John Lyon <jelyon at mac.com> wrote:

> A bit more info:
> 
> Here's what I see each time it fails (switching to the log screen via
> <alt+4>:
> 
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
> 
> mysql-common: conflicts: mysql-common-4.1 but 4.1.12-1ubunt3.1 is installed
> mysql-common-4.1: conflicts: mysql-common but 4.0.24.10ubunt2 is to be
> installed
> 
> I'm not an expert by a long shot, but that suggests to me that the package
> installation process is trying to install/update with *older* packages the
> *newer* packages already installed on the box.

have you tried 

sudo apt-get -f install     ?

Or uninstall mysql-common

sudo apt-get remove mysql-common

as long as you don't purge it your config should not be affected, and you
can reinstall later

I think "sudo apt-get -f install "  might help - it will remove conflicts
and attempt to correct them.

Peter