Unable to install gnucash in Debian unstable

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* Wolfgang Balster (wolfgang.balster at epost.de) wrote:
> On Dienstag, 24. August 2004 03:01, you wrote:
> > Wolfgang Balster <wolfgang.balster at epost.de> writes:
> > > I am unable to install gnucash 1,8.9-4 in Debian unstable using synaptic
> > > because dependecies are not met. I tried to force installation of
> > > 1.8.9-2, but this fails also. Is there a way to get gnucash installed
> > > nontheless. Any help is greatly appreciated!
> >
> > 1) Can you file this as a bug using the reportbug program?
> Package: gnucash
> Version: 1.8.8-7
> Severity: grave
> Justification: renders package unusable

You have 2 options:

1) Download libtldl3 from Experimental (you can do this from the
   Debian Packages webpage, by specifying All where it asks for
   Distribution in the Search package directories section) and install
   it using dpkg.  Then install gnucash (you should get 1.8.9);

2) Apt-pin libltdl3 and libltdl3-dev to show only version 1.5.2.  This
   will allow you to use gnucash 1.8.8.  You will then have to find
   that version of those two in the Debian system.  This is not as
   easy, but can be done.  I'd send you my copies, but apt wiped them
   out, so I'm running on the binaries only.

If you don't know about apt-pinning, I include below an amended copy of my
/etc/apt/preferences:

Package: libltdl3
Pin: version 1.5.2
Pin-Priority: 1001

Package: libltdl3-dev
Pin: version 1.5.2
Pin-Priority: 1001

Package: *
Pin: release a=stable
Pin-Priority: 100

Package: *
Pin: release a=testing
Pin-Priority: 900

Package: *
Pin: release a=unstable
Pin-Priority: 400


Hope this helps.

Cam


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