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  1. #1
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    broken xen dependency?

    Has anyone been able to install xen on Ubuntu Hardy? The installer on my box fails because it can't find the xenman package. Is there a third party repository with xenman, or is this a broken dependency?

    For what it's worth, I'm a newbie on both Ubuntu and Xen, so I could easily be doing something wrong. Here's what happens on my box:

    -----Begin install ubuntu-xen-desktop-----
    george@ubuntubox:/etc/apt$ sudo apt-get install ubuntu-xen-desktop
    [sudo] password for george:
    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree
    Reading state information... Done
    Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
    requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
    distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
    or been moved out of Incoming.

    Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
    the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
    that package should be filed.
    The following information may help to resolve the situation:

    The following packages have unmet dependencies:
    ubuntu-xen-desktop: Depends: xenman but it is not installable
    E: Broken packages
    george@ubuntubox:
    -----End install ubuntu-xen-desktop-----

    -----Begin install xenman-----
    george@ubuntubox:/etc/apt$ sudo apt-get install xenman
    [sudo] password for george:
    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree
    Reading state information... Done
    Package xenman is not available, but is referred to by another package.
    This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
    is only available from another source
    E: Package xenman has no installation candidate
    george@ubuntubox:/etc/apt$
    -----End install xenman-----

  2. #2
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    Re: broken xen dependency?

    I've put Ubuntu Server 8.04 (Hardy) on the same box in place of Desktop, and can install the ubuntu-xen-server package without any errors or warnings. xenman is not in the list of dependencies:

    -----Begin dependency queries-----
    george@ubuntubox:~$ sudo apt-cache rdepends ubuntu-xen-server
    ubuntu-xen-server
    Reverse Depends:
    george@ubuntubox:~$ sudo apt-cache depends ubuntu-xen-server
    ubuntu-xen-server
    Depends: bridge-utils
    Depends: libc6-xen
    Depends: libxen3
    Depends: linux-xen
    Depends: python-xen-3.2
    Depends: xen-docs-3.2
    Depends: xen-hypervisor-3.2
    Depends: xen-tools
    Depends: xen-utils-3.2
    george@ubuntubox:~$
    -----End dependency queries-----

  3. #3
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    Re: broken xen dependency?

    ubuntu-xen-desktop != ubuntu-xen-server

    For installing xenman,see:
    https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu...question/31759

    It short, you can get the package from:
    http://launchpadlibrarian.net/110418...buntu1_all.deb

    However, ubuntu-xen-desktop installs, but fails to startup properly in X with a stack trace. Which I unfortunately can't find in my logs.

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