debian:/home/dnanar# aptitude install gcc Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Writing extended state information... Done Reading task descriptions... Done Building tag database... Done The following packages are BROKEN: libc6-dev The following NEW packages will be automatically installed: binutils gcc-4.1 libmudflap0 libmudflap0-dev linux-kernel-headers The following NEW packages will be installed: binutils gcc gcc-4.1 libmudflap0 libmudflap0-dev linux-kernel-headers 0 packages upgraded, 7 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 8029kB of archives. After unpacking 32.1MB will be used. The following packages have unmet dependencies: libc6-dev: Depends: libc6 (= 2.3.6.ds1-13) but 2.5-2 is installed. Resolving dependencies... The following actions will resolve these dependencies: Keep the following packages at their current version: libc6-dev [Not Installed] libmudflap0-dev [Not Installed] Leave the following dependencies unresolved: gcc recommends libc6-dev | libc-dev gcc-4.1 recommends libc6-dev (>= 2.3.6-7) gcc-4.1 recommends libmudflap0-dev (>= 4.1.1-21) Score is -532 Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] q Abandoning all efforts to resolve these dependencies. Abort. debian:/home/dnanar# aptitude upgrade libc6-dev libc6 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Reading task descriptions... Done Building tag database... Done No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed. 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used. debian:/home/dnanar#