Broken Packages after Installing NTFS-3G

[sachin_kothari]

I installed NTFS-3G on my debian-etch system.
I needed to install various support files for that (dependency).
Now i am able to access my NTFS partitions.
Now, when i run synaptic package manager it tells that that there are broken packages and tells to fix them.
and if i fix them, it removes the same packages i installed for NTFS-3G to work.
what should i do?

[QwertyManiac]

Try running an apt-get update

[sachin_kothari]

no use. there are still 3 broken packages.

[QwertyManiac]

Um, okay, manually, try opening Synaptic > Edit menu > Fix broken packages ? Mostly it doesn't help, but just try and let us know ..

[sachin_kothari]

yes, i even tried that.
this method tells to remove the packages required for NTFS-3G.
and if i remove them it does not serves the purpose.

[mehulved]

What are the broken packages? Seems like there's unmet dependency or pacakge conflict. Also, show us the exact error method if possible.

[amitava82]

From the synaptic to the lift side panel you have Filter section. from there select Broken Filter and you will see the packages with red box. Just remove or reinstall. This should fix the problem.

[sachin_kothari]

i installed these packages in this order for ntfs-3g

tzdata_2007f-8_all.deb
libc6_2.5-9+b1_i386.deb
libfuse2_2.6.5-1_i386.deb
fuse-utils_2.6.5-1_i386.deb
libntfs-3g2_1.516-1_i386.deb
ntfs-3g_1.516-1_i386.deb

here are the two screenshots after installing ntfs-3g
1. is where it tells me that i have broken packages and to fix them
http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/1...apshot1ew2.png

2. is where it list the packages it wants to remove to fix broken packages.
http://img477.imageshack.us/img477/2...apshot2zu3.png

This message appears when i try to install anything using apt-get

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  libc6-dev: Depends: libc6 (= 2.3.6.ds1-13) but 2.5-9+b1 is to be installed
  libc6-i686: PreDepends: libc6 (= 2.3.6.ds1-13) but 2.5-9+b1 is to be installed  
  locales: Depends: glibc-2.3.6.ds1-1

[mehulved]

So, you installed those packages related to ntfs-3g manually?
If yes then install it using synaptic, again.

[sachin_kothari]

i used the fix option in synaptic.
it removed all the broken dependencies
now i restarted and i am still able to access my ntfs partition.
there seems to be no problem.
i just dont understand one thing, if ntfs-3g needed the support files then why after removing them i am still able to access ntfs partitions.

[mehulved]

Can you write to that partition now. AFAIK, ntfs read support has been around for quite a while now. You need ntfs-3g only for writing to NTFS partitions.

[sachin_kothari]

yes, i can write to the partitions.
it only warns that it cannot change permissions, but this happened before also and file gets written on ntfs partitions without any problem.

[QwertyManiac]

Maybe what Apt did on fixing was put the required stuff and remove the unmatched one? Weird :-s Might be interference with the repos?

[mehulved]

The picture doesn't show it to be removing ntfs-3g.
I think permissions aren't stored cos either NTFS doesn't support permissions or it has some different permission method.

[praka123]

the thing is sometimes the mirror repositories which are used in sources.list doesnot yet have the dependencies available.use debian us or german repositories by editing /etc/apt/sources.list:

# # If you get GPG errors with this sources.list, locate the GPG key in this file
# # and run these commands (where KEY is replaced with that key)
# #
# # gpg --keyserver hkp://subkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys KEY
# # gpg --export --armor KEY |  apt-key add -

#debian testing repository 
deb ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib non-free 
deb-src ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib non-free 
#debian testing security updates
deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib 
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib
#debian-unofficial repository
deb http://ftp.debian-unofficial.org/debian stable main contrib   non-free restricted
#debian backports repository
deb http://www.backports.org/debian etch-backports main contrib non-free

Use the debian backports only when needed.

Using backports.org is very simple: 1. Add this line
deb http://www.backports.org/debian etch-backports main contrib non-free to your /etc/apt/sources.list.
2. Run apt-get update
3. All backports are deactivated by default. If you want to install something from backports run:
apt-get -t etch-backports install “package”
Of course, you can use aptitude as well:
aptitude -t etch-backports install “package”

http://www.backports.org/dokuwiki/do...d=instructions

I am using Debian Sid(unstable) apt-pinned with lenny and experimental.so
no such error messages for me

Originally Posted by sachin_kothari

yes, i can write to the partitions.
it only warns that it cannot change permissions, but this happened before also and file gets written on ntfs partitions without any problem.

I dont get any such error because that may be due to below quoted reason.

Why do I get "WARNING: Deficient FUSE kernel module detected"? The FUSE technology used by ntfs-3g consists of two major parts: a library and a Linux kernel driver. The message means that you either have the faulty FUSE 2.6.2 release, or the library (FUSE package) is safe but the kernel driver is not. When you install or upgrade the FUSE package then it installs only the library, not the kernel driver. In other words, ntfs-3g and FUSE is safe but not your kernel. Solution: Please ask your distribution developers to fix the Linux kernel problem. The Linux kernel must be upgraded either to at least version 2.6.20, or the FUSE kernel driver must be upgraded to a safe version which is also included in the FUSE package for Linux kernel version 2.6.9 and later.
Status: Not ntfs-3g problem.

http://www.ntfs-3g.org/support.html#fuse26

Running Debian Etch(stable) is good,best for servers too.but for home user,you needs to get some more repositories added to ur sources.list to have a good experiance.best of Luxk

[sachin_kothari]

^^ My kernel version is 2.6.21.5.
So i dont think that is a kernel problem.
and u said u r using Debian Sid.
how did u get that? i suppose it is not available for download?