Author: Sean Gibbins Date: To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Virtual Machine questions
Russell Gadd wrote: >> Darn, was hoping for a quick-fix there!
>>
>> What version of Ubuntu Gutsy are you using Russell - 32-bit or
>> 64-bit? I am a little curious as to what might be missing from your
>> build that is preventing a successful installation via the repositories.
>>
>> Sean
>>
> This is 32 bit. See the post from James below - this might be the
> problem. However I have managed to install it ok on Debian Etch just
> using aptitude and it seems to be working - hopefully I can install an
> OS now. No doubt there will be other issues.
Well, curious all the same that the dependency wasn't satisfied on your
system but it was on mine.
>
> So I will drop the Ubuntu effort for now. Actually there's now another
> reason I might switch to using Etch instead of Ubuntu, which I might
> post about in another thread in the near future. Thanks for your
> responses.
NP - good luck with Etch - I have it running in a VM on my Ubunto [sic]
machine.
