Oolite Bulletins

I am running Lenny testing. I added the debs to my sources file.
When trying to install I get the following

root@acerdeb:/home/ionut# aptitude install oolite
The following NEW packages will be installed:
oolite{b} oolite-data{a}
0 packages upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 1,655kB/20.9MB of archives. After unpacking 26.7MB will be used.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
oolite: Depends: libgnustep-base1.16 (>= 1.16.1) which is a virtual package.
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:

Keep the following packages at their current version:
1) oolite [Not Installed]

Leave the following dependencies unresolved:
2) oolite-data recommends oolite (>= 1.74.1.3629-0lenny~test1)


Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?]

I have tried a few things but no cigar... It this a bug??
I tried to download the packages separately but the link is broken.

I was able to download and install libgnustep-base1.16 and the oolite installed with no problem.

Hi imoldovan, and welcome to the friendliest board this side of Riedquat.

I would suggest you use libgnustep-base1.18.
It resolves a vsync issue with some gfx cards, resulting in
smooth animation without any screen tearing.

Of course, if you don't have any such issues, leave your setup as it is.

Rather late reply but better than never.

Debian lenny only ships with libgnustep-base1.16. Hence packages built specifically for lenny will have to link against that version of libgnustep-base. And that is mostly the point of the Oolite .deb repository - to provide distro-specific builds which integrate nicely (*).

Debian stable is notorious for being quite out-of-date with its packages. This is generally seen as a bad thing for desktops where the latest & greatest versions are desired, but a good thing for servers where long-term stability is required.

To use a newer version of libgnustep-base with Oolite on Debian lenny, you will either need to compile it all yourself (quite a bit of work), or use the autopackage version of Oolite which includes its version 1.18 of libgnustep-base.


(*) This is unfortunately not the case for Ubuntu Lucid and Ubuntu Maverick, since both of these distros ship with a known broken version of libgnustep-base.