Bug#711050: libpango-1.0-0: Dependencies problem on upgrade

[Emilio Pozuelo Monfort]

On 04/06/13 14:16, Michele Cane wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Tue, 2013-06-04 at 13:41 +0200, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote:
>> On 04/06/13 13:16, Michele Cane wrote:
>>>> sudo aptitude dist-upgrade
>>>
>>> The following NEW packages will be installed:
>>>   libharfbuzz0a{ab} 
>>> The following packages will be upgraded:
>>>   libpango-1.0-0 libpango1.0-0 libpangocairo-1.0-0 libpangoft2-1.0-0
>>> libpangoxft-1.0-0 
>>> 5 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
>>> Need to get 1,362 kB of archives. After unpacking 689 kB will be used.
>>> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>>>  libharfbuzz0a : Breaks: libharfbuzz0 but 0.9.17-4 is installed.
>>
>> Right there is the problem. libharfbuzz0a breaks/replaces (and rightfully does
>> so) libharfbuzz0. That should be fine, aptitude should resolve to uninstall
>> libharfbuzz0. Do you have something installed that depends on libharfbuzz0 other
>> than pango? What happens if you say No to aptitude's proposed solution? Does it
>> offer another option that is satisfiable (i.e. that will remove libharfbuzz0 but
>> not half of your system). Keep saying No until aptitude finds the right solution.
>>
> 
> All the options proposed by aptitude are the one that I posted in my
> previous mail and non of the is satisfactory. 
> Probably is due to the gnome packages that I have installed from
> experimental.

Could be. Try

aptitude remove libharfbuzz0

and paste the output. That should tell us what is holding it back.