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Brandon X.
Brandon X.

Reputation: 125

Linux Alpine: xfce4 and unsatisfiable constraints

I want to install Linux Alpine with FCXE4 on my old netbook but I cannot somehow get it to work. This what I did so far:

# setup-alpine

Here is the standard procedure, I only had to start manually the wifi connection via:

# /etc/init.d/wpa_supplicant restart
Successfully initialized wpa_supplicant

after that the Internet connection was online.

My /etc/apk/repositories file looked like this:

http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.9/community

Then I executed the command:

# apk update
OK: 4127 distinct packages available

Next step was:

# setup-xorg-base

And the result was:

ERROR unstatisfiable constraints:
  eudev (missing):
   required by: world[pciutils]

(...)

I changed the community repository to the main repository, and I got it installed:

OK: 626 MiB in 212 packages

and everything was marked with [OK].

But when the last command was ran:

# apk add xfce4

I got again the error:

ERROR: unsatisfiable constraints:
   xfce4 (missing):
    requested by: world[xfce4]

Does anybody know how to solve this issue?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1432

Answers (1)

KamilCuk
KamilCuk

Reputation: 140890

The wiki just says:

Ensure the "community" repository is enabled in 
apk add xfce4

There is the package in the community repository available, here for v3.9 of alpine.

The error must come because you improperly configured apk.

I changed the community repository to the main repository

You should not swap the repositories, you should add the repository, so that both repositories are enabled.

My /etc/apk/repositories file looked like this: http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.9/community

Make sure your /etc/apk/repositories files has both main and community repositories enabled.

http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.9/main
http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.9/community

Upvotes: 1

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