perfSONAR User Q&A and Other Discussion

[Jason Zurawski <>]

Hello 
;

apt is unhappy based on the messages it is relaying to you, have you 
tried to do what it says, e.g. "Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages"?

Thanks;

-jason


> I've encountered some errors while installing RRD-MA component.
>
> ---------------------------error messages-----------------------------
> root@debian:/home/net#
>  apt-get install libconfig-general-perl
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree       
> Reading state information... Done
> You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these:
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>   oppd: Depends: libipc-shareable-perl but it is not going to be installed
> E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify 
> a solution).
> root@debian:/home/net#
>  apt-get install geant2-java-rrd-ma
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree       
> Reading state information... Done
> You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these:
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>   geant2-java-rrd-ma: Depends: librrd2 but it is not installable
>                       Depends: rrdjtool but it is not going to be installed
>                       Depends: geant2-tomcat5.5-runscript but it is not going 
> to be installed
>   oppd: Depends: libconfig-general-perl but it is not going to be installed
>         Depends: libipc-shareable-perl but it is not going to be installed
> E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify 
> a solution).
> root@debian:/home/net# 
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> i'm trying to install the perfSONAR-MDM-3.1 on my computer(Debian 4.0).
>
> by reference to "Admin guide"(perfSONAR-MDM-3.1_Admin_guide_1.5.pdf), i was 
> cruising on install. There was some overlapped commands on prepare to install each 
> component.(editting /etc/apt/sources.list, install jdk, etc..)
>
> i tried these NOT WORKING commands
>
> "apt-get install librrd2"
> "apt-get install rrdjtool"
> or so.
>
> even a tiny solution, your reply will be very helpful for me. thanx. :)