I'm trying to install mint-meta-mate which is Gnome 2 fork on 11.10 - 32bit
with aptitude i get this:
The following NEW packages will be installed:
caja{a} cowsay{a} fortune-mod{a} fortunes-husse{a} fortunes-min{a}
gir1.2-mate-menus{a} gtk2-engines-aurora{a} gtk2-engines-candido{a}
intltool{a} libart-2.0-dev{a} libcaja-extension{a} libgail-dev{a}
libmate{a} libmatecanvas{a} libmatecomponent{a} libmatecomponentui{a}
libmatedesktop{a} libmatekbd{a} libmatekeyring{a} libmatenotify{a}
libmatepanelapplet{a} libmateui{a} libmateweather{a} librecode0{a}
libtasn1-3-bin{a} libtasn1-3-dev{a} mate-backgrounds{a} mate-common{a}
mate-conf{a} mate-conf-common{a} mate-conf-editor{a}
mate-control-center{a} mate-corba{a} mate-desktop{a} mate-dialogs{a}
mate-doc-utils{a} mate-file-manager{a} mate-icon-theme{a} mate-keyring{a}
mate-media{a} mate-menus{a} mate-mime-data{a} mate-notification-daemon{a}
mate-panel{a} mate-panel-common{a} mate-polkit{a} mate-session-manager{a}
mate-settings-daemon{a} mate-terminal{a} mate-utils{a} mate-vfs{a}
mate-window-manager{a} mint-artwork-common{a} mint-artwork-gnome{a}
mint-artwork-mate{a} mint-backgrounds-lisa{a} mint-common{a}
mint-info-fluxbox{a} mint-meta-mate mint-translations{a} mint-x-icons{a}
mint-x-theme{a} mint-z-theme{a} mintdesktop{a} mintmenu{a} mintsystem{a}
python-corba{a} python-mate{a} python-mate-desktop{a} python-mate-menu{a}
The following packages will be upgraded:
libgail-common libgail18 libgtk2.0-0 libgtk2.0-dev
4 packages upgraded, 70 newly installed, 0 to remove and 34 not upgraded.
Need to get 114 MB of archives. After unpacking 315 MB will be used.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
gtk2-engines-pixbuf: Depends: libgtk2.0-0 (= 2.24.6-0ubuntu5) but 2.24.6-0ubuntu5linuxmint1 is to be installed.
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
Remove the following packages:
1) gnome-themes
2) gnome-themes-selected
3) gnome-themes-ubuntu
4) gtk2-engines-pixbuf
5) openshot
6) ubuntustudio-video
Keep the following packages at their current version:
7) mint-artwork-gnome [Not Installed]
8) mint-artwork-mate [Not Installed]
9) mint-meta-mate [Not Installed]
Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?]
With apt-get this:
The following extra packages will be installed:
caja cowsay fortune-mod fortunes-husse fortunes-min gir1.2-mate-menus
gtk2-engines-aurora gtk2-engines-candido gtk2-engines-pixbuf intltool
libart-2.0-dev libcaja-extension libgail-common libgail-dev libgail18
libgtk2.0-0 libgtk2.0-dev libmate libmatecanvas libmatecomponent
libmatecomponentui libmatedesktop libmatekbd libmatekeyring libmatenotify
libmatepanelapplet libmateui libmateweather librecode0 libtasn1-3-bin
libtasn1-3-dev mate-backgrounds mate-common mate-conf mate-conf-common
mate-conf-editor mate-control-center mate-corba mate-desktop mate-dialogs
mate-doc-utils mate-file-manager mate-icon-theme mate-keyring mate-media
mate-menus mate-mime-data mate-notification-daemon mate-panel
mate-panel-common mate-polkit mate-session-manager mate-settings-daemon
mate-terminal mate-utils mate-vfs mate-window-manager mint-artwork-common
mint-artwork-gnome mint-artwork-mate mint-backgrounds-lisa mint-common
mint-info-fluxbox mint-translations mint-x-icons mint-x-theme mint-z-theme
mintdesktop mintmenu mintsystem python-corba python-mate python-mate-desktop
python-mate-menu
Suggested packages:
filters fortunes libgail-doc libgtk2.0-doc mate-doc-utils-gnome
The following NEW packages will be installed:
caja cowsay fortune-mod fortunes-husse fortunes-min gir1.2-mate-menus
gtk2-engines-aurora gtk2-engines-candido intltool libart-2.0-dev
libcaja-extension libgail-dev libmate libmatecanvas libmatecomponent
libmatecomponentui libmatedesktop libmatekbd libmatekeyring libmatenotify
libmatepanelapplet libmateui libmateweather librecode0 libtasn1-3-bin
libtasn1-3-dev mate-backgrounds mate-common mate-conf mate-conf-common
mate-conf-editor mate-control-center mate-corba mate-desktop mate-dialogs
mate-doc-utils mate-file-manager mate-icon-theme mate-keyring mate-media
mate-menus mate-mime-data mate-notification-daemon mate-panel
mate-panel-common mate-polkit mate-session-manager mate-settings-daemon
mate-terminal mate-utils mate-vfs mate-window-manager mint-artwork-common
mint-artwork-gnome mint-artwork-mate mint-backgrounds-lisa mint-common
mint-info-fluxbox mint-meta-mate mint-translations mint-x-icons mint-x-theme
mint-z-theme mintdesktop mintmenu mintsystem python-corba python-mate
python-mate-desktop python-mate-menu
The following packages will be upgraded:
gtk2-engines-pixbuf libgail-common libgail18 libgtk2.0-0 libgtk2.0-dev
5 upgraded, 70 newly installed, 0 to remove and 33 not upgraded.
Need to get 115 MB of archives.
After this operation, 315 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
Why does aptitude wants to remove some packages like openshot? It doesn't make sense to me.
Neither aptitude nor apt-get want to remove any packages:
and
apt-get seems to have one more update in tree. However, you are warned that there are some unmet dependencies in your system which might require your attention.
To repair dependencies read carefully the outputs of
Then apt will show you a solution as well. You should see whether you need the packages and reinstall any broken dependencies if needed, or remove them or reinstall, which will also install the packages they depend on.
The reason for the conflict is prefectly clear in the output
If you say no a few times to aptitude, it should eventually figure out the solution that doesn't involve removals. After all, apt-get did.