apt-get dependancies !!

[DimGR]

whenever i am trying to upgrade these

The following packages have been kept back:
bluez-utils cloop-utils imagemagick kismet libmagick6
libxft2 mknbi pppconfig


i get this error

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
kismet: Depends: libxml2 (>= 2.6.10) but 2.6.9-2 is to be installed

all of them need libxml2 according to the errors. HOw cay i correct this? :)

[j.drake]

Well, I'm not the right person to say, simce I've never HD installed a distro with APT, but I did recently read a post about a flag to put in the command, I think it's '-t', which is supposed to check for and resolve dependency issues. You might do a forum search for "apt-get" and see if you can find the post, or do a man on it, because I read it just yesterday or the day before.

IIRC, the syntax is something like apt-get -t filename

JD

[aay]

This may or may not work. Try the following: "apt-get -t unstable install name_of_package_here" You can also use the -s switch to try a simulation first.

[j.drake]

That's it. In fact, I think it was AAY's post that I read.