E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution). root@pox:/etc# apt-get -f install Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Correcting dependencies... Done The following extra packages will be installed: libncurses5 The following packages will be REMOVED: bash bc biff bittornado bittorrent bsdmainutils chkrootkit clamav clamav-base clamav-freshclam clamav-milter console-common console-tools cron cyrus-common dbus dselect fail2ban ftp gdb gftp-text gnupg grub hddtemp hotplug iamerican ibritish ifupdown imagemagick info initrd-tools initscripts iptraf irssi ispell kernel-image-2.4.27-speakup less libdmx1 libdps1 libedit2 libfontenc-dev libfontenc1 libfs6 libgd-tools libgd2 libgd2-dev libgd2-xpm libgd2-xpm-dev libgl1-mesa-glx libglu1-mesa libgtk1.2 libice6 libmagick++6 libmagick6 libmagick9 libreadline4 libreadline5 librrd0 libruby1.8 libsdl-perl libsm6 libtcltk-ruby libtcltk-ruby1.6 libtcltk-ruby1.8 libtk-ruby libtk-ruby1.6 libwine libwxgtk2.4 libwxgtk2.4-python libx11-6 libx11-data libx11-dev libxau-dev libxau6 libxaw7 libxaw8 libxcursor1 libxdmcp-dev libxdmcp6 libxext-dev libxext6 libxfixes3 libxfont-dev libxfont1 libxft2 libxi-dev libxi6 libxinerama1 libxkbfile-dev libxkbfile1 libxkbui1 libxmu6 libxmuu1 libxp6 libxpm-dev libxpm4 libxrandr2 libxrender1 libxss1 libxt6 libxtrap6 libxtst6 libxv-dev libxv1 libxxf86dga1 libxxf86misc1 libxxf86vm1 locales logrotate lpr lsb-base man-db modconf module-init-tools modutils mrtg mrtg-contrib mrtg-ping-probe mtr-tiny mutt ncurses-bin netbase netdiag nfs-common nload ntp ntpdate nvi openssh-client openssh-server pinentry-curses popa3d portmap postfix postfix-mysql ppp pppconfig pppoe pppoeconf procps proftpd psmisc python python-central python-newt python-support python2.3 python2.4 quota reportbug rt3.4-clients samba samba-common ssh sysvinit tcsh telnet tightvncserver tk8.4 util-linux vim w3m webalizer wine x-dev x11-common x11proto-core-dev x11proto-fonts-dev x11proto-input-dev x11proto-kb-dev x11proto-video-dev x11proto-xext-dev xbase-clients xbitmaps xlibmesa-gl xlibmesa-glu xlibs xlibs-data xlibs-static-dev xtrans-dev The following packages will be upgraded: libncurses5 WARNING: The following essential packages will be removed. This should NOT be done unless you know exactly what you are doing! bash ncurses-bin sysvinit initscripts (due to sysvinit) util-linux lsb-base (due to util-linux) 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 180 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 276kB of archives. After unpacking 271MB disk space will be freed. You are about to do something potentially harmful. To continue type in the phrase 'Yes, do as I say!'