I tried installing pacman too for the heck of it...and get the same error all of you get. Spydie, don't be overwhelmed by packages that have alot of dependencies. If you use apt-get or Synaptic to install them it will usually go ahead and install those other necessary programs with it automatically. I'm a newbie too, so I know how overwhelming it can be. But for the most part I think I'm getting the hang of it now. Though I'd have definitely given up long ago if not for this forum.