[ILUG] apt-get: 'Build-dependencies for foo could not be satisfied'

[Stephen Shirley]

On 03/08/06, Justin Mason <jm at jmason.org> wrote:
> Hi apt wizards --
>
> Does anyone know how to go about debugging this error? e.g.:
>
>   : jm 46...; sudo apt-get build-dep ffmpeg
>   Reading package lists... Done
>   Building dependency tree... Done
>   E: Build-dependencies for ffmpeg could not be satisfied.


apt-cache showsrc ffmpeg | grep '^Build-Depends'
should help. If you manually try to install all the packages listed,
you'll find the ones causing issues. I'm sure there's a more efficient
way, but it should at least work.

Steve
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