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apt sources doesn't contain some packages that it should, or they are broken

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I'm trying to install the Nvidia proprietary driver on Lenny. My first hurdle is just getting a build environment set up properly. Trying to install "build-essential" tells me that:

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The following packages have unmet dependencies:
build-essential: Depends: libc6-dev but it is not going to be installed or
libc-dev
Depends: g++ (>= 4:4.1.1) but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages

Also, there is no linux-headers package for my running kernel, 2.6.22-3-amd64

I'd also like to install VMware workstation, which will require a proper build environment as well. I suppose I need to modify my sources.list, but to what? I've left it alone since doing a fresh install of Lenny yesterday.

-Matt

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apt sources doesn't contain

Submitted by Matt on Thu, 2008-01-03 23:00.

Most likely, important packages will not be broken for long. So you could always wait and see if unstable sorts itself out in a few days. Otherwise, you can try to discover why certain dependencies are not up to date, and see if you can upgrade them. For example, a dependency might not be upgraded because doing so would break some other package you have installed.

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