Broken packages in Synaptic

[Michael Schwendt]

On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 12:44:00 -0800 (PST), Richard McCord wrote:

>    I am trying to follow the instructions to use Synaptic to install
> totem, xmms-mp3, etc.  However, I am greeted with a list of several
> unfulfilled package dependencies.  Some of these, such as libaa, cannot
> be found by Synaptic.  So, I tell Synaptic to update the list and am
> told that I have "broken packages".

Complete your configured set of package repositories. You didn't
mention which repositories you use, but it sounds like you may
want to read the entry page at http://rpm.livna.org
 
>    How does one identify and repair these unnamed broken packages?

It doesn't sound like broken packages, but a missing repository.

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