While getting a Mimo 7″ touchscreen USB monitor working earlier I needed to install some packages however when attempting to do so I received an error. Initially I thought that I had broken something on a system I had just installed BackTrack Linux on however that was not the case. Below I describe the error received in more detail as well as how to resolve the issue.
Error Installing xorg-dev On Backtrack Linux:
- root@bt:~/xorg.conf.d# apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) xorg-dev
- Reading package lists... Done
- Building dependency tree
- Reading state information... Done
- Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
- requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
- distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
- or been moved out of Incoming.
- The following information may help to resolve the situation:
- The following packages have unmet dependencies:
- xorg-dev: Depends: libxfont-dev but it is not going to be installed
- E: Broken packages
- root@bt:~/xorg.conf.d#
The issue ended up being that I had recently upgraded however I did not update after upgrading so some of the repository URL’s were now incorrect and apt-get could not find the dependencies that sere preferred. To resolve the error issue the below command and then install xorg-dev again.
Resolve Error Received While Attempting To Install xorg-dev On Backtrack Linux:
- root@bt:~/xorg.conf.d# apt-get update
- Hit http://all.repository.backtrack-linux.org revolution Release.gpg
- Ign http://all.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/main Translation-en_US
- Ign http://all.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/microverse Translation-en_US
- Get:1 http://updates.repository.backtrack-linux.org revolution Release.gpg [197B]
- Ign http://updates.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/main Translation-en_US
- Hit http://64.repository.backtrack-linux.org revolution Release.gpg
- Ign http://updates.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/microverse Translation-en_US
- Ign http://64.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/main Translation-en_US
- Ign http://64.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/microverse Translation-en_US
- Ign http://all.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/non-free Translation-en_US
- Ign http://all.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/testing Translation-en_US
- Hit http://all.repository.backtrack-linux.org revolution Release
- Ign http://64.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/non-free Translation-en_US
- Ign http://64.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/testing Translation-en_US
- Hit http://64.repository.backtrack-linux.org revolution Release
- Ign http://updates.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/non-free Translation-en_US
- Ign http://updates.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/testing Translation-en_US
- Get:2 http://updates.repository.backtrack-linux.org revolution Release [13.5kB]
- Hit http://all.repository.backtrack-linux.org revolution/main Packages
- Hit http://64.repository.backtrack-linux.org revolution/main Packages
- Get:3 http://updates.repository.backtrack-linux.org revolution/main Packages [10.7MB]
- Hit http://all.repository.backtrack-linux.org revolution/microverse Packages
- Hit http://all.repository.backtrack-linux.org revolution/non-free Packages
- Hit http://all.repository.backtrack-linux.org revolution/testing Packages
- Hit http://64.repository.backtrack-linux.org revolution/microverse Packages
- Hit http://64.repository.backtrack-linux.org revolution/non-free Packages
- Hit http://64.repository.backtrack-linux.org revolution/testing Packages
- Get:4 http://updates.repository.backtrack-linux.org revolution/microverse Packages [14B]
- Get:5 http://updates.repository.backtrack-linux.org revolution/non-free Packages [14B]
- Get:6 http://updates.repository.backtrack-linux.org revolution/testing Packages [14B]
- Fetched 10.7MB in 21s (504kB/s)
- Reading package lists... Done
- root@bt:~/xorg.conf.d#
Now that the repo URL’s are updated attempt to install xorg-dev again which should now be successful as shown below.
Install xorg-dev On Backtrack Linux:
- root@bt:~/xorg.conf.d# apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) xorg-dev
- Reading package lists... Done
- Building dependency tree
- Reading state information... Done
- The following extra packages will be installed:
- libdmx-dev libdmx1 libfontenc-dev libfs-dev libpciaccess-dev libpixman-1-dev libxaw7-dev libxcomposite-dev libxdamage-dev libxfont-dev libxi-dev libxinerama-dev
- libxkbfile-dev libxmu-dev libxmu-headers libxmuu-dev libxpm-dev libxres-dev libxss-dev libxtst-dev libxv-dev libxvmc-dev libxxf86dga-dev libxxf86vm-dev x11proto-bigreqs-dev
- x11proto-composite-dev x11proto-damage-dev x11proto-dmx-dev x11proto-dri2-dev x11proto-fonts-dev x11proto-gl-dev x11proto-record-dev x11proto-resource-dev
- x11proto-scrnsaver-dev x11proto-video-dev x11proto-xcmisc-dev x11proto-xf86bigfont-dev x11proto-xf86dga-dev x11proto-xf86dri-dev x11proto-xf86vidmode-dev
- x11proto-xinerama-dev xserver-xorg-dev
- The following NEW packages will be installed:
- libdmx-dev libdmx1 libfontenc-dev libfs-dev libpciaccess-dev libpixman-1-dev libxaw7-dev libxcomposite-dev libxdamage-dev libxfont-dev libxi-dev libxinerama-dev
- libxkbfile-dev libxmu-dev libxmu-headers libxmuu-dev libxpm-dev libxres-dev libxss-dev libxtst-dev libxv-dev libxvmc-dev libxxf86dga-dev libxxf86vm-dev linux-headers-3.2.6
- x11proto-bigreqs-dev x11proto-composite-dev x11proto-damage-dev x11proto-dmx-dev x11proto-dri2-dev x11proto-fonts-dev x11proto-gl-dev x11proto-record-dev
- x11proto-resource-dev x11proto-scrnsaver-dev x11proto-video-dev x11proto-xcmisc-dev x11proto-xf86bigfont-dev x11proto-xf86dga-dev x11proto-xf86dri-dev
- x11proto-xf86vidmode-dev x11proto-xinerama-dev xorg-dev xserver-xorg-dev
- 0 upgraded, 44 newly installed, 0 to remove and 54 not upgraded.
- Need to get 10.6MB of archives.
- After this operation, 67.5MB of additional disk space will be used.
- Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
- Get:1 http://all.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/main x11proto-fonts-dev 2.1.0-1 [12.2kB]
- Get:2 http://64.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/main libfontenc-dev 1:1.0.5-1 [22.6kB]
- Get:3 http://updates.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/main libxfont-dev 1:1.4.1-1ubuntu0.1 [203kB]
- Get:4 http://all.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/main libxmu-headers 2:1.0.5-1 [22.7kB]
- Get:5 http://all.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/main x11proto-composite-dev 1:0.4.1-1 [13.3kB]
- Get:6 http://64.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/main libfs-dev 2:1.0.2-1build1 [37.9kB]
- Get:7 http://all.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/main x11proto-resource-dev 1.1.0-1 [4,106B]
- Get:8 http://all.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/main x11proto-dri2-dev 2.2-1 [14.6kB]
- Get:9 http://all.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/main x11proto-dmx-dev 1:2.3-2 [5,688B]
- Get:10 http://64.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/main libxmu-dev 2:1.0.5-1 [66.5kB]
- Get:11 http://all.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/main x11proto-damage-dev 1:1.2.0-1 [10.2kB]
- Get:12 http://all.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/main x11proto-xinerama-dev 1.2-2 [4,782B]
- Get:13 http://all.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/main x11proto-scrnsaver-dev 1.2.0-2 [4,856B]
- Get:14 http://all.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/main x11proto-record-dev 1.14-2 [5,590B]
- Get:15 http://all.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/main x11proto-video-dev 2.3.0-1 [9,878B]
- Get:16 http://all.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/main x11proto-xf86dga-dev 2.1-2 [10.7kB]
- Get:17 http://all.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/main x11proto-xf86vidmode-dev 2.3-2 [5,938B]
- Get:18 http://all.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/main x11proto-bigreqs-dev 1:1.1.0-1 [3,772B]
- Get:19 http://all.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/main x11proto-gl-dev 1.4.11-1 [24.8kB]
- Get:20 http://64.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/main libxpm-dev 1:3.5.8-1 [102kB]
- Get:21 http://all.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/main x11proto-xcmisc-dev 1.2.0-1 [3,914B]
- Get:22 http://all.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/main x11proto-xf86bigfont-dev 1.2.0-2 [4,646B]
- Get:23 http://all.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/main x11proto-xf86dri-dev 2.1.0-1 [5,442B]
- Get:24 http://64.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/main libxaw7-dev 2:1.0.7-1 [610kB]
- Get:25 http://updates.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/main xserver-xorg-dev 2:1.7.6-2ubuntu7.11 [1,227kB]
- Get:26 http://64.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/main libxcomposite-dev 1:0.4.1-1 [16.1kB]
- Get:27 http://64.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/main libxres-dev 2:1.0.4-1 [13.3kB]
- Get:28 http://64.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/main libdmx1 1:1.1.0-2 [10.2kB]
- Get:29 http://64.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/main libdmx-dev 1:1.1.0-2 [36.9kB]
- Get:30 http://64.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/main libpciaccess-dev 0.11.0-1 [42.2kB]
- Get:31 http://64.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/main libpixman-1-dev 0.16.4-1ubuntu2 [264kB]
- Get:32 http://64.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/main libxdamage-dev 1:1.1.2-1 [11.9kB]
- Get:33 http://64.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/main libxi-dev 2:1.3-3 [139kB]
- Get:34 http://64.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/main libxinerama-dev 2:1.1-2 [14.9kB]
- Get:35 http://64.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/main libxkbfile-dev 1:1.0.6-1 [94.6kB]
- Get:36 http://64.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/main libxmuu-dev 2:1.0.5-1 [15.0kB]
- Get:37 http://64.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/main libxss-dev 1:1.2.0-2 [19.9kB]
- Get:38 http://64.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/main libxtst-dev 2:1.1.0-2 [24.9kB]
- Get:39 http://64.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/main libxv-dev 2:1.0.5-1 [42.7kB]
- Get:40 http://64.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/main libxvmc-dev 2:1.0.5-1ubuntu1 [30.4kB]
- Get:41 http://64.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/main libxxf86dga-dev 2:1.1.1-2 [24.7kB]
- Get:42 http://64.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/main libxxf86vm-dev 1:1.1.0-2 [21.6kB]
- Get:43 http://64.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/testing linux-headers-3.2.6 3.2.6-10.00.Custom [7,372kB]
- Get:44 http://updates.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/main xorg-dev 1:7.5+5ubuntu1.1 [1,310B]
- Fetched 10.6MB in 18s (583kB/s)
- Extracting templates from packages: 100%
- Selecting previously deselected package libfontenc-dev.
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- Selecting previously deselected package x11proto-fonts-dev.
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- Processing triggers for man-db ...
- Setting up libfontenc-dev (1:1.0.5-1) ...
- Setting up x11proto-fonts-dev (2.1.0-1) ...
- Setting up libfs-dev (2:1.0.2-1build1) ...
- Setting up libxmu-headers (2:1.0.5-1) ...
- Setting up libxmu-dev (2:1.0.5-1) ...
- Setting up libxpm-dev (1:3.5.8-1) ...
- Setting up libxaw7-dev (2:1.0.7-1) ...
- Setting up x11proto-composite-dev (1:0.4.1-1) ...
- Setting up libxcomposite-dev (1:0.4.1-1) ...
- Setting up libxfont-dev (1:1.4.1-1ubuntu0.1) ...
- Setting up x11proto-resource-dev (1.1.0-1) ...
- Setting up libxres-dev (2:1.0.4-1) ...
- Setting up x11proto-dri2-dev (2.2-1) ...
- Setting up libdmx1 (1:1.1.0-2) ...
- Setting up x11proto-dmx-dev (1:2.3-2) ...
- Setting up libdmx-dev (1:1.1.0-2) ...
- Setting up libpciaccess-dev (0.11.0-1) ...
- Setting up libpixman-1-dev (0.16.4-1ubuntu2) ...
- Setting up x11proto-damage-dev (1:1.2.0-1) ...
- Setting up libxdamage-dev (1:1.1.2-1) ...
- Setting up libxi-dev (2:1.3-3) ...
- Setting up x11proto-xinerama-dev (1.2-2) ...
- Setting up libxinerama-dev (2:1.1-2) ...
- Setting up libxkbfile-dev (1:1.0.6-1) ...
- Setting up libxmuu-dev (2:1.0.5-1) ...
- Setting up x11proto-scrnsaver-dev (1.2.0-2) ...
- Setting up libxss-dev (1:1.2.0-2) ...
- Setting up x11proto-record-dev (1.14-2) ...
- Setting up libxtst-dev (2:1.1.0-2) ...
- Setting up x11proto-video-dev (2.3.0-1) ...
- Setting up libxv-dev (2:1.0.5-1) ...
- Setting up libxvmc-dev (2:1.0.5-1ubuntu1) ...
- Setting up x11proto-xf86dga-dev (2.1-2) ...
- Setting up libxxf86dga-dev (2:1.1.1-2) ...
- Setting up x11proto-xf86vidmode-dev (2.3-2) ...
- Setting up libxxf86vm-dev (1:1.1.0-2) ...
- Setting up linux-headers-3.2.6 (3.2.6-10.00.Custom) ...
- Examining /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d.
- Setting up x11proto-bigreqs-dev (1:1.1.0-1) ...
- Setting up x11proto-gl-dev (1.4.11-1) ...
- Setting up x11proto-xcmisc-dev (1.2.0-1) ...
- Setting up x11proto-xf86bigfont-dev (1.2.0-2) ...
- Setting up x11proto-xf86dri-dev (2.1.0-1) ...
- Setting up xserver-xorg-dev (2:1.7.6-2ubuntu7.11) ...
- Setting up xorg-dev (1:7.5+5ubuntu1.1) ...
- Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
- ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
- root@bt:~/xorg.conf.d#
Now xorg-dev is installed and you can proceed with your previous tasks.
