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When I do apt-get update // apt-get upgrade i received this error whatever I do:

root@debian:~# apt-get upgrade 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: curl : Depends: libcurl3 (= 7.26.0-1+wheezy3) but 7.21.0-2.1+squeeze2 is installed multiarch-support : Depends: libc6 (>= 2.13-5) but 2.11.3-4 is installed E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f. root@debian:~#

This is not my server so I don´t know what is installed inside, the only thing I know is that I need to upgrade the php from 5.2 minimum to 5.3. The told me that Zend Server is installed but I don´t know which version either. The first thing I tried is this and everytime I get this error. cat /etc/issue says: Debian GNU/Linux 6.0 \n \l

This is my /etc/apt/sources.list:

root@debian:~# cat /etc/apt/sources.list # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.6 _Squeeze_ - Official i386 NETINST Binary-1 20120930-15:55]/ squeeze main #deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.6 _Squeeze_ - Official i386 NETINST Binary-1 20120930-15:55]/ squeeze main deb http://ftp.es.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main deb-src http://ftp.es.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main deb-src http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main # squeeze-updates, previously known as 'volatile' deb http://ftp.es.debian.org/debian/ squeeze-updates main deb-src http://ftp.es.debian.org/debian/ squeeze-updates main deb http://ftp2.de.debian.org/debian squeeze main non-free deb http://repos.zend.com/zend-server/deb server non-free root@debian:~#

and this is my output using apt-get install -f curl:

root@debian:~# apt-get install -f curl Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done curl is already the newest version. You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these: The following packages have unmet dependencies: curl : Depends: libcurl3 (= 7.26.0-1+wheezy3) but 7.21.0-2.1+squeeze2 is to be installed multiarch-support : Depends: libc6 (>= 2.13-5) but 2.11.3-4 is to be installed E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
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    Did you do what it told you to do? Commented Aug 22, 2013 at 21:57
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    You seem to be trying to mix wheezy and squeeze. You can't just do that. You need to fix your sources, your pinning. Commented Aug 22, 2013 at 23:26
  • @Michael Hampton I did try doing what it says of course. Commented Aug 23, 2013 at 6:15
  • @Zoredache yep, It seems to, but how can I fix this problem? thx Commented Aug 23, 2013 at 6:18
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    It says: "Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages". Commented Aug 23, 2013 at 6:59

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The original error also gives the solution:

You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these.

If you haven't seen this before, you have to run exactly that command. Doing otherwise, you get:

Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

This usually fixes the problem.

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Michael has already provided the solution to fix the dependency issues. Just to note further, apt-get upgrade would upgrade all the installed packages. If you want to upgrade only a single package, use apt-get install package_name. For PHP, it would likely be apt-get install php5.

Also, if there is frequent trouble with updating the package sources, you may revert back to the "official package lists" for the distribution. Debian Source List Generator provides an interactive interface to generate the source lists for any distribution.

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